Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids

Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids

"The Egyptian Old Kingdom (c. 26502150 BC) was an era of extraordinary artistic achievement-the period that gave us the Sphinx and the pyramids as well as a rich legacy of private tombs, wall paintings, reliefs, statuary, jewelry, and decorative arts. This book, the companion volume to a major traveling exhibition organized by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre in Paris, showcases the most impressive assemblage of Egyptian art and artifacts since the Tutankhamun exhibition of the late 1970s. Scholarly essays and 650 illustrations bring to life a remarkable panoply of Old Kingdom objects-temple and tomb reliefs, striking gold jewelry, handsome stone vessels, monumental statues, stelae, and exquisite statuettes. Together, text and images create a stunning tribute to the world of the Pharaohs"--Publisher's description.

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams

1999

A brief history of the Old Kingdom / Jean Leclant -- The step pyramid precinct of King Djoser / Jean-Philippe Lauer -- Pyramids and their temples / Audran Labrousse -- The tombs of officials : houses of eternity / Peter Jánosi -- Old kingdom statues in their architectural setting / Dieter Arnold -- Royal statuary / Krzysztof Grzymski -- Nonroyal statuary / Christiane Ziegler -- Reserve heads : an enigma of Old Kingdom sculpture / Catharine H. Roehrig -- Royal reliefs / Dorothea Arnold -- The human image in Old Kingdom nonroyal reliefs / Nadine Cherpion -- Furniture of the Old Kingdom / Julie Anderson -- Stone vessels : luxury items with manifold implications / Dorothea Arnold and Elena Pischikova -- Excavating the Old Kingdom : from Khafre's Valley temple to the governor's city at Balat / Nicolas Grimal -- Excavating the Old Kingdom : the Giza necropolis and other Mastaba fields / Peter Der Manuelian -- Excavating the Old Kingdom : the Egyptian archaeologists / Zahi Hawass.

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