Author : Marsha Hill
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004123991
Egyptian bronze statuary has proven particularly intractable to chronological investigations. This study exploits clues offered by bronze royal statuettes to make identifications or stylistic assignments. A fuller understanding of the artistic milieu and role of small royal bronze statuary results.
Author : Marsha Hill
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 25,53 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Metal sculpture
ISBN : 1588392317
Throughout their long history, the ancient Egyptians crafted exquisite statues of bronze, copper, silver and gold as offerings to their gods and for use in temples and shrines. This title focuses on the art and significance of Egyptian metal statuary, presenting insights and up-to-date information on this precious work.
Author : Martin Odler
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 861 pages
File Size : 22,9 MB
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9004527699
The first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of what we know about the use of copper by the ancient Egyptians and Nubians, from the Predynastic through the Early Dynastic until the end of the Second Intermediate Period (c. 4000-1600 BC). The monograph presents a story, based on the analysis of available evidence, a synchronic and diachronic reconstruction of the development and changes of the chaîne opératoire of copper and copper alloy artefacts. The book argues that Egypt was not isolated from the rest of the ancient world and that popular notions of its "primitive" technology are not based on facts.
Author : Tara Prakash
Publisher : Lockwood Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 25,78 MB
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1948488884
During the Old Kingdom, the ancient Egyptians constructed elaborately decorated mortuary monuments for their pharaohs. By the late Old Kingdom (ca. 2435-2153 BCE), these pyramid complexes began to contain a new and unique type of statue, the so-called prisoner statues. Despite being known to Egyptologists for decades, these statues of kneeling, bound foreign captives have been only partially documented, and questions surrounding their use, treatment, and exact meaning have remained unanswered. Ancient Egyptian Prisoner Statues-the first comprehensive analysis of the prisoner statues-addresses this gap, demonstrating that the Egyptians conceived of and used the prisoner statues differently over time as a response to contemporary social, cultural, and historical changes. In the process, the author contributes new data and interpretations on topics as diverse as the purpose and function of the pyramid complex, the ways in which the Egyptians understood and depicted ethnicity, and the agency of artists in ancient Egypt. Ultimately, this volume provides a fuller understanding of not only the prisoner statues but also the Egyptian late Old Kingdom as a whole.
Author : Melinda K. Hartwig
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2014-12-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1118325087
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 : Harvard University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780674030657
An illustrated history of over 3,000 years of Egyptian artwork arranged chronologically from the early dynastic period to the Ptolemaic period.
Author : Barbara Mendoza
Publisher : BAR International Series
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 41,14 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN :
A California doctoral dissertation examining the bronze statues of non-royal figures. The catalogue includes 289 located examples and a further 50 from published sources. The author considers the changes in the figures over time, their changing types, stance, iconography, size, composition, and their inscriptions.
Author : Edna R. Russmann
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520230868
The book is published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The British Museum and drawn exclusively from the collection of The British Museum, which is among the finest in the world. Illustrated with images of the works in the exhibition, as well as comparative materials, Eternal Egypt is that rare book of interest and value to the general and scholarly audience alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Giorgia Cafici
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 38,7 MB
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9004459561
In The Egyptian Elite as Roman Citizens: Looking at Ptolemaic Private Portraiture Giorgia Cafici offers the analysis of private, male portrait sculptures as attested in Egypt between the end of the Ptolemaic and the beginning of the Roman Period.
Author : Nigel Strudwick
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 35,36 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN :
Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt is the first illustrated guide to the highlights of the British Museum's wonderful collection.
