Eternal Egypt
Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum
Published in February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7141-1942-7 (ISBN)
Description
Edna Russmann's wide-ranging and authoritative introductory essays covers archaism, portraiture and sytlistic innovation in Egyptian art, while Harry James' history of The British Museum collection of Egyptian antiquities provides an insight into how these exquisite art works came together. Each individual piece in the exhibition is given a separate explanatory entry in the catalogue. This book should be valuable for anyone interested in the art history of ancient Egypt.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
350 illustrations, (300 colour ) bibliog , glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 304 mm
Width: 254 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7141-1942-7 (9780714119427)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
A historical overview of Egyptian art; aspects of Egyptian art; history of the British Museum's collection of Egyptian antiquities; the catalogue.