A Guide to the Egyptian Galleries (sculpture) [of The] British Museum
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 351
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Total Pages: 351
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Neal Spencer
Publisher: Object in Focus
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780714119731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Gayer-Anderson Cat has been one of the most admired objects at the British Museum since its arrival in 1947. This book presents a detailed description of the cat and a discussion of its possible meaning and role in ancient times. Surprising new finds from scientific analyses are presented for the first time, shedding light on the cats somewhat traumatic modern history, from its acquisition by the British Army major and avid antiquities collector John Gayer-Anderson to its donation to the British Museum. The fascinating narrative is complemented by outstanding new photography.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ian Dennis Jenkins
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780674026926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivaled examples of classical Greek art, an inspiration to artists and writers since their creation in the fifth century bce. A superb visual introduction to these wonders of antiquity, this book offers a photographic tour of the most famous of the surviving sculptures from ancient Greece, viewed within their cultural and art-historical context. Ian Jenkins offers an account of the history of the Parthenon and its architectural refinements. He introduces the sculptures as architecture--pediments, metopes, Ionic frieze--and provides an overview of their subject matter and possible meaning for the people of ancient Athens. Accompanying photographs focus on the pediment sculptures that filled the triangular gables at each end of the temple; the metopes that crowned the architrave surmounting the outer columns; and the frieze that ran around the four sides of the building, inside the colonnade. Comparative images, showing the sculptures in full and fine detail, bring out particular features of design and help to contrast Greek ideas with those of other cultures. The book further reflects on how, over 2,500 years, the cultural identity of the Parthenon sculptures has changed. In particular, Jenkins expands on the irony of our intimate knowledge and appreciation of the sculptures--a relationship far more intense than that experienced by their ancient, intended spectators--as they have been transformed from architectural ornaments into objects of art.
Author: British Museum
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 46
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hermann Ranke
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2023-01-03
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1666755087
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nigel Strudwick
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780714119779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighlights of the British Museum's Egyptian collections.
Author: Diana Craig Patch
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1588394603
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dawn of Egyptian Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from April 10 to August 5, 2012"--T.p. verso.
Author: British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bernard V. Bothmer
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780195130713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a collection of the articles of Bernard V. Bothmer on Egyptian art history.