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Author : Neil Morris,Lisa Springer
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781435835894
Presents an introduction to Egyptian civilization, discussing such topics as the religion, art, architecture, science, trade, daily life, and literature of the ancient society.
Author : Eleanor Dobson,Nichola Tonks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786736703
Ancient Egypt has always been a source of fascination to writers, artists and architects in the West. This book is the first study to address representations of Ancient Egypt in the modern imagination, breaking down conventional disciplinary boundaries between fields such as History, Classics, Art History, Fashion, Film, Archaeology, Egyptology, and Literature to further a nuanced understanding of ancient Egypt in cultures stretching from the eighteenth century to the present day, emphasising how some of the various meanings of ancient Egypt to modern people have traversed time and media. Divided into three themes, the chapters scrutinise different aspects of the use of ancient Egypt in a variety of media, looking in particular at the ways in which Egyptology as a discipline has influenced representations of Egypt, ancient Egypt's associations with death and mysticism, as well as connections between ancient Egypt and gendered power. The diversity of this study aims to emphasise both the multiplicity and the patterning of popular responses to ancient Egypt, as well as the longevity of this phenomenon and its relevance today.
Author : Christina Riggs
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780191505263
From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some of the world's greatest museums, while the architecture of Egyptian temples and pyramids has attracted tourists to Egypt for centuries. But what did Egyptian art and architecture mean to the people who first made and used it - and why has it had such an enduring appeal? In this Very Short Introduction, Christina Riggs explores the visual arts produced in Egypt over a span of some 4,000 years. The stories behind these objects and buildings have much to tell us about how people in ancient Egypt lived their lives in relation to each other, the natural environment, and the world of the gods. Demonstrating how ancient Egypt has fascinated Western audiences over the centuries with its impressive pyramids, eerie mummies, and distinctive visual style, Riggs considers the relationship between ancient Egypt and the modern world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Gianluca Miniaci,Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia,Stephen Quirke,Andréas Stauder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Artisans
ISBN : 9088905231
This book provides an innovative analysis of the conditions of ancient Egyptian craftsmanship in the light of the archaeology of production, linguistic analysis, visual representation and ethnographic research. During the past decades, the "imaginative" figure of ancient Egyptian material producers has moved from "workers" to "artisans" and, most recently, to "artists". In a search for a fuller understanding of the pragmatics of material production in past societies, and moving away from a series of modern preconceptions, this volume aims to analyse the mechanisms of material production in Egypt during the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BC), to approach the profile of ancient Egyptian craftsmen through their own words, images and artefacts, and to trace possible modes of circulation of ideas among craftsmen in material production. The studies in the volume address the mechanisms of ancient production in Middle Bronze Age Egypt, the circulation of ideas among craftsmen, and the profiles of the people involved, based on the material traces, including depictions and writings, the ancient craftsmen themselves left and produced.
Author : James Putnam
Publisher : Crescent
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Art, Egyptian
ISBN : PSU:000018946338
Introduction to the history, culture and art of ancient Egypt.
Author : Jessica Winegar
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804754772
Ethnographic study of cultural politics in the contemporary Egyptian art world, examining how art-making is a crucial aspect of the transformation from socialism to neoliberalism in postcolonial countries.
Author : Melinda K. Hartwig
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118325094
A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. • Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences • Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art • Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works • Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation, • Provides a comprehensive synthesis on a discipline that has diversified to the extent that it now incorporates subjects ranging from gender theory to ‘X-ray fluorescence’ and ‘image-based interpretations systems’
Author : Gay Robins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015042494453
THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION.. From the awesome grandeur of the great pyramids to the delicacy of a face etched on an amulet, the spellbinding power of the art of ancient Egypt persists to this day. This beautifully illustrated book conducts us through the splendors of this world, great and small, and into the mysteries of its fascination in its day as well as in our own. What did art, and the architecture that housed it, mean to the ancient Egyptians? Why did they invest such vast wealth and effort in its production? These are the puzzles Gay Robins explores as she examines the objects of Egyptian art--the tombs and wall paintings, the sculpture and stelae, the coffins, funerary papyri, and amulets--from its first flowering in the Early Dynastic period to its final resurgence in the time of the Ptolemies. Spanning three thousand years, her book offers a thorough and delightfully readable introduction to the art of ancient Egypt even as it provides insight into questions that have long perplexed experts and amateurs alike. With remarkable sensitivity to the complex ways in which historical, religious, and social changes are related to changes in Egyptian art, she brings out the power and significance of the image in Egyptian belief and life. Her attention to the later period, including Ptolemaic art, shows for the first time how Egyptian art is a continuous phenomenon, changing to meet the needs of different times, right down to the eclipse of ancient Egyptian culture. In its scope, its detail, and its eloquent reproduction of over 250 objects from the British Museum and other collections in Europe, the United States, and Egypt, this volume is without parallel as a guide to the art of ancient Egypt.
Author : University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,David P. Silverman,Edward Brovarski
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801434822
Lavishly illustrated in color, this book presents a spectacular collection of archaeological and artistic treasures covering the extent of Egyptian art from the Predynastic Period of the fourth millennium B.C. to the Greco-Roman period of the fourth century A.D. The volume features more than 130 objects ranging from architectural elements of a royal palace and funerary chapel to delicate jewelry and textile fragments, and contains many objects never previously shown in print. In an introductory essay David P. Silverman documents major expeditions to sites in Egypt and Nubia and summarizes the new information gleaned about ancient Egyptian civilization. Donald B. Redford provides a general treatment of ancient Egypt history. The objects themselves are introduced with concise essays by recognized Egyptologists: Edward Brovarski, Rita E. Freed, Arielle P. Kozloff, David O'Connor, Edna R. Russmann, William K. Simpson, and Josef W. Wegner. Contributors-- Edward Brovarski, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Rita Freed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Arielle Kozloff, Cleveland Museum of Art David O'Connor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Donald Redford, University of Toronto Edna. R. Russman, Brooklyn Museum of Art David Silverman, University of Pennsylvania William Kelly Simpson, Yale University Josef W. Wegner, University of Pennsylvania
Author : John A. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258928973
This is a new release of the original 1951 edition.
Author : Susie Hodge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN : 0431056056
Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?
Author : John Baines
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191518393
A generously illustrated selection of John Baines's influential writings on two core areas of ancient Egyptian civilization: the role of writing, which was very different in antiquity from what is familiar in the modern world, and the importance of visual culture. These questions are explored through a number of case studies. The volume assembles articles that were scattered in publications in a variety of disciplines, making available key contributions on core problems of theory, comparison, and analysis in the study of many civilizations and offering important points of departure for further research. Three wholly new essays are included, and the overall approach is an interdisciplinary one, synthesizing insights from archaeology, anthropology, and art history as well as Egyptology.
Author : Edith Whitney Watts,Barry Girsh
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN : 9780870998539
"[A] comprehensive resource, which contains texts, posters, slides, and other materials about outstanding works of Egyptian art from the Museum's collection"--Welcome (preliminary page).
Author : James Putmam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 1861601573
Author : Leigh Rockwood
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477710166
Ancient Egypt is known in the popular imagination for its hieroglyphics, jewelry, and dazzling treasure-filled tombs. Readers will learn how these products were made through engaging, accessible text. In addition, this book explores the rich culture that produced these objects and will explain how Egypts religion helped shape its art and politics.