The Arts & Crafts of Ancient Egypt

The Arts & Crafts of Ancient Egypt

Author: W. M. Flinders Petrie

Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company

Published: 1998-03-01

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 9780788153426

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The great artifacts of Ancient Egypt owe much to the fertile banks of the Nile & the harsh African sunlight. The cool, windowless interiors of the great buildings of the Valley of the Kings, of Gizeh & Abu Simbel, provided broad surfaces to be inscribed with the hieroglyphics & illustrations that we recognize as Egyptian art. The religions of the river valley & the lives of the pharaohs furnished artists & craftsmen with ample themes. This richly illustrated book, first published in 1909, traces the artistic practices of the great dynasties through the statuary, paintings, reliefs, pottery & jewelry that have endured to the present day.


The Crafts and Culture of the Ancient Egyptians

The Crafts and Culture of the Ancient Egyptians

Author: Joann Jovinelly

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781435836327

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Students can navigate up and down the Nile River, becoming entranced by the mysteries of ancient Egypt. They can read about the beliefs and religious practices of early Egyptians, their inventions and architecture, as well as the daily life of both slaves and nobles. They can design a pharaoh's headdress and necklace, recreate an ancient marble game, mummify a replica of a stuffed cat, and learn the art of writing hieroglyphs. Each artfully rendered craft represents a historical window into the vanished world of the ancient Egyptians.


The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt

The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt

Author: W. M. Flinders Petrie

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-10-05

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 3748128703

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This present handbook is intended to aid in the understanding of Egyptian art, and the illustrations and descriptions are selected for that purpose only. The history of the art would require a far greater range of examples, in order to illustrate the growth and decay of each of the great periods; whereas here only the most striking works of each period are shown, in order to contrast the different civilisations. The origins and connections of the art in each age are scarcely touched, and the technical details are only such as are needed to see the conditions of the art. The archaeology of the subject would need as wide a treatment as the history, and these subjects can only appear here incidentally. It should be noticed that the divisions of artistic periods are often not the same as those of political history. Politically, the history divides at the XVIIth dynasty with the fall of the Hyksos, and at the XXIInd dynasty with the rise of the Delta government. But artistically the changes are under Tahutmes I, when Syrian influences broke in, and under the XXVIth dynasty, when the classical Greeks began to dominate the art.


The Arts & Crafts of Ancient Egypt

The Arts & Crafts of Ancient Egypt

Author: W. M. Flinders Petrie

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-07

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781355926771

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Art of Ancient Egypt

Art of Ancient Egypt

Author: Edith Whitney Watts

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0870998536

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"[A] comprehensive resource, which contains texts, posters, slides, and other materials about outstanding works of Egyptian art from the Museum's collection"--Welcome (preliminary page).