Ancient Egyptian Statues

Author : Gay Robins
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 029278774X
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art written by Gay Robins and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of ancient Egyptian art reveals the evolution of aesthetic approaches to proportion and style through the ages. The painted and relief-cut walls of ancient Egyptian tombs and temples record an amazing continuity of customs and beliefs over nearly 3,000 years. Even the artistic style of the scenes seems unchanging, but this appearance is deceptive. In this work, Gay Robins offers convincing evidence, based on a study of Egyptian usage of grid systems and proportions, that innovation and stylistic variation played a significant role in ancient Egyptian art. Robins thoroughly explores the squared grid systems used by the ancient artists to proportion standing, sitting, and kneeling human figures. This investigation yields the first chronological account of proportional variations in male and female figures from the Early Dynastic to the Ptolemaic periods. Robins discusses the proportional changes underlying the revolutionary style instituted during the Amarna Period. She also considers how the grid system influenced the overall composition of scenes. Numerous line drawings with superimposed grids illustrate the text.

Author : Melinda K. Hartwig
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118325095
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art written by Melinda K. Hartwig and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. • Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences • Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art • Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works • Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation, • Provides a comprehensive synthesis on a discipline that has diversified to the extent that it now incorporates subjects ranging from gender theory to ‘X-ray fluorescence’ and ‘image-based interpretations systems’

Author : Alice Cartocci
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Art written by Alice Cartocci and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prehistoric and predynastic periods -- Where to find Egyptian art -- The old kingdom -- Famous figures -- The Middle Kingdom -- The new kingdom and the Amarna Period -- The treasure of Tutankhamun's Tomb -- The Late Period -- Egyptian jewelry -- Ptolemaic Egypt -- Great archaeological discoveries.

Author : Richard H. Wilkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500277515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Egyptian Art written by Richard H. Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to signs used in Egyptian art

Author : Marsha Hill
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392317
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gifts for the Gods written by Marsha Hill and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2007 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout their long history, the ancient Egyptians crafted exquisite statues of bronze, copper, silver and gold as offerings to their gods and for use in temples and shrines. This title focuses on the art and significance of Egyptian metal statuary, presenting insights and up-to-date information on this precious work.

Author : William Stevenson Smith
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300077476
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt written by William Stevenson Smith and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of Egyptian art and architecture is enhanced by revised text, an updated bibliography, and over four hundred illustrations.

Author : Christopher P. Dickenson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000368262
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Statues Across Time and Cultures written by Christopher P. Dickenson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways in which statues have been experienced in public in different cultures and the role that has been played by statues in defining publicness itself. The meaning of public statues is examined through discussion of their appearance and their spatial context and of written discourses having to do with how they were experienced. Bringing together experts working on statues in different cultures, the book sheds light on similarities and differences in the role that public statues had in different times and places throughout history. The book will also provide insight into the diverse methods and approaches that scholars working on these different periods use to investigate statues. The book will appeal to historians, art historians and archaeologists of all periods who have an interest in the display of sculpture, the reception of public art or the significance of public monuments.

Author : Susie Hodge
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403487735
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Art written by Susie Hodge and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the art of ancient Egypt, including wall painting, reliefs, buildings, and sculpture.

Author : Simon Connor
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 1649032595
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Statues written by Simon Connor and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, richly illustrated study of the role and significance of ancient statues in Egyptian history and belief Why do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals broken? Although the Late Antiquity period appears to have been one of the major moments of large-scale vandalism against pagan monuments, various contexts bear witness to several phases of reuse, modification, or mutilation of statues throughout and after the pharaonic period. Reasons for this range from a desire to erase the memory of specific rulers or individuals for ideological reasons to personal vengeance, war, tomb plundering, and the avoidance of a curse; or simply the reuse of material for construction or the need to ritually “deactivate” and bury old statues, without the added motive of explicit hostility toward the subject in question. Drawing on the latest scholarship and over 100 carefully selected illustrations, Ancient Egyptian Statues proceeds from a general discussion of the production and meaning of sculptures, and the mechanisms of their destruction, to review the role of ancient statuary in Egyptian history and belief. It then moves on to explore the various means of damage and their significance, and the role of restoration and reuse. Art historian Simon Connor offers an innovative and lucidly written reflection on beliefs and practices relating to statuary, and images more broadly, in ancient Egypt, showing how statues were regarded as the active manifestations of the entities they represented, and the ways in which they could endure many lives before being finally buried or forgotten.

Author : RICHARD H. wILKINSON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book SYMBOL & MAGIC IN EGYPTIAN ART written by RICHARD H. wILKINSON and published by . This book was released on with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: