Maspero

Egyptian Art

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Produktbeschreibung

Gaston Maspero writes here with authenticity and style on a very significant aspect of ancient Egypt. Written for the expert and the interstate general public, the author was keen to convey to people's notice significant pieces of Egyptian art, some in museums and some as they emerged from the ground.

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First published in 2005. Gaston Maspero, the leading expert on Egyptian art, writes here with authority and style on a very significant aspect of ancient Egypt. By compiling and publishing this volume, he sought to familiarise the general public with some of the finest examples of ancient Egyptian art, and to enhance their appreciation of these treasures. Many of the pieces described herein were examined by the author in museums around the world. Others he caught as they emerged from the ground, moments after their discovery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 705g
• ISBN-13: 9780710308993
• ISBN-10: 071030899X
• Artikelnr.: 21618155

Autorenporträt

Gaston Maspero, the leading expert on Egyptian art.

Inhaltsangabe

I Egyptian Statuary and its Schools II Some Portraits of Mycerinus III A
scribes' Head of the IVth or Vth Dynasty IV Skhemka , his Wife and Son : a
Group found at Memphis .V The Crouching Scribe: Vth Dynasty VI The New
scribe of the Gizeh Museum VII The Kneeling scribe Vth Dynasty VIII
Pehournowri : Statuette in painted limestone found at Memphis IX The Dwabf
Khnoumhotpou: Vth or VIth Dynasty X The" Favissa " of Kabnak, and the
Theban School of Sculpture XI The Cow of DeIrel -Bahari XII The Statuette
of Amenofhis IV, XIII Four Canofic Heads pound in the Valley of the Kings
XIV A Head of the Phabaoh Habmhabi XV The Colossus of Ramses II at
Bedrechein XVI Egyptian Jewellery in the Louvre XVII The Treasure of
Zagazig XVIII Thbee Statuettes in Wood XIX A Fragment of the Theban
Statuette XX The lady of Toui of the Louvre and Egyptian industrial
sculpture wood XXI Some Perfume ladies of the XVIIIth Dynasty XXII Sone
green basalt statuettes of the Saite period XXIII A Find of a Saite Jewel
at Saqqarah XXIV A bronze Egyptian Cat belonging to M. Barrere XXV A find
of Cats in Egypt