Egyptian art / Bill Manley.
Manley, Bill, author.
2017
N5350 .M28 2017 (Mapit)

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Title Egyptian art / Bill Manley.
Author Manley, Bill, author.
ISBN 9780500204283 (paperback)
0500204284 (paperback)
Published London : Thames & Hudson, [2017]
Language English
Description 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Call Number N5350 .M28 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 709.32
Summary The art and architecture of Egypt during the age of the pharaohs continue to capture the imagination of the modern world. Vivid, graceful forms decorating monuments that emanated ambition and authority spark our wonder about this distant culture. Ever youthful and elegant men and women encounter odd, animal-headed gods and monsters amid scenes of work and leisure, in a paradise of plain, bright colours, where hieroglyphic texts hint at grand ideas. The tombs and temples of ancient Egypt seem to reveal how art and monumental building first flowered at the heart of civilization, and the many ways in which they may adorn and articulate the human condition, and our relationships with the eternal and our time on Earth.
Note "With 274 illustrations."
The art and architecture of Egypt during the age of the pharaohs continue to capture the imagination of the modern world. Vivid, graceful forms decorating monuments that emanated ambition and authority spark our wonder about this distant culture. Ever youthful and elegant men and women encounter odd, animal-headed gods and monsters amid scenes of work and leisure, in a paradise of plain, bright colours, where hieroglyphic texts hint at grand ideas. The tombs and temples of ancient Egypt seem to reveal how art and monumental building first flowered at the heart of civilization, and the many ways in which they may adorn and articulate the human condition, and our relationships with the eternal and our time on Earth.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-314) and index.
Series World of art.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Part I: Art & creation
Giving stone to its lord: offerings and monuments
See my perfection, my son : offerings and the king
The risen earth : creation in art and architecture
Part II: Art & the artists
All the craftsmanship was under my attention : the artists
Rejoicing in the perfect monument : the artists at work
A gateway to the far side of the sky : the principles of art
For your spirit : have the perfect day
The canon of the human figure
Part III: Art in context.
The first instance : the earliest art of pharaonic Egypt
Stride perfected on perfect paths : the noble offering cult
I was the one who opened up this area : a study in change: the first intermediate period
She who is facing her lord : the tombs and temples of Thebes
You create the world as you will in your uniqueness : two more studies in change.
The Amarna period
An imperial legacy
I drove away the killers : services to others
A perfect joy to look at : the significance of the minor arts
I shall bring no more offerings for you
The latest art of pharaonic Egypt.

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