Eternal Egypt : masterworks of ancient art from the British Museum
2001, First Edition. Berkeley, Calif. New York : University of California Press ; American Federation of Arts. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #228416
ISBN: 1885444192
Physical description; 288 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 31 cm. Notes; Published in connection with a travelling exhibition held at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, (Mar. 1-May 27, 2001); Wonders, Memphis International Culture Series, Mamphis, (Jun. 28-Oct. 21, 2001); Brooklyn Museum of Art, Nov. 23, 2001 -Feb. 24, 2002; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas city, (Apr. 12-July 7, 2002); Fine Arts Museum of san Francisco, (Aug. 10-Nov. 3, 2002); Minneapolis institute of Art, (Dec. 22, 2002-Mar. 16, 2003); Field Museum, Chicago, (Apr. 26-Aug. 10, 2003); and Walters Art Museum, (Sept. 21, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004). Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-284) and index. Contents; A historical overview of Egyptian art / Edna R. Russmann -- Aspects of Egyptian art / Edna R. Russman ; Two dimensional representation ; Portraiture ; Archaism -- The formation and growth of the Egyptian collections of the British Museum / T.G.H. James -- Catalogue. Early Dynastic period (cat. nos. 1-3) ; Old Kingdom (cat. nos. 4-11) ; Middle Kingdom (cat. nos. 12-42) ; New Kingdom (cat. nos. 43-98) ; New Kingdom to Ptolemaic period (cat. nos. 99-105) ; New Kingdom to Roman period (cat. nos. 106-11) ; Third intermediate period (cat. nos. 112-22) ; Third intermediate period to Late period (cat. nos. 123-28) ; Late period (cat. nos. 129-37) ; Ptolemaic period (cat. nos. 138-44). Subjects; British Museum - Exhibitions. British Museum - Catalogs. Art, Ancient - Exhibitions - Egypt - Art, Ancient - Exhibitions. Egypt - Antiquities - Exhibitions. Egypt - Antiquities - Catalogs. The arts: general issues. Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions. Art / History / Ancient & Classical. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated.
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