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The art and architecture of ancient Egypt / W. Stevenson Smith

By: Smith, William StevensonSeries: Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1998Edition: 3rd, revisedISBN: 0300276486; 9780300276480Subject(s): Architecture -- Egypt | Art, Egyptian | Egypt -- AntiquitiesGeneral note: Includes a cartographical image.Online resources: A&AePortal (Yale University Press) Many of the original black and white images have been replaced by color images in the A&AePortal version
Partial contents:
Map of Egypt - pt. 1. The Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Periods - 2. Predynastic Egypt (4000-3200 B.C.) - 3. Dynasties I-II (3200-2780 B.C.) - pt. 2. The Old Kingdom - 4. Dynasty III (2780-2680 B.C.) - 5. Dynasty IV (2680-2565 B.C.) - 6. Dynasty V (2565-2420 B.C.) - 7. Dynasty VI (2420-2258 B.C.) - pt. 3. The Growth of the Middle Kingdom and its Collapse - 8. The First Intermediate Period : Dynasties VII-X (2258-2052 B.C.) - 9. Dynasty XI (2134-1991 B.C.) -10. Dynasty XII (1991-1786 B.C.) - 11. The Minor Arts and Foreign Relations of the Middle Kingdom - 12. The Second Intermediate Period : Dynasties XIII-XVII (1786-1570 B.C.) - pt. 4. The New Kingdom - 13. The Early Eighteenth Dynasty : Ahmose-Tuthmosis III (1570-1450 B.C.) - 14. The Height of the Eighteenth Dynasty : Amenhotep II-Amenhotep III (1450-1372 B.C.) - 15. The Palace of Amenhotep III and New Kingdom Domestic Architecture - 16. The Change to Amarna - 17. The Amarna Period (1372-1350 B.C.) - 18. The Post-Amarna Period (1350-1314 B.C.) - 19. The Ramesside Period : Dynasties XIX-XX (1314-1085 B.C.) - pt. 5. The Later Periods - 20. The Period of Decline : Dynasties XXI-XXII (1085-730 B.C.) - 21. The Kushite and Saite Revival and the End of Dynastic Egypt (730-332 B.C.).
Summary: A wealth of art and architectural treasures survive from Ancient Egypt.... In this book, Ancient Egyptian monuments, their decorations, and many other works of art are reproduced in more than four hundred beautiful illustrations. The Ancient Egyptians in their tombs attempted to recreate life for the dead in a naturalistic way, often against the background of the landscape in which they lived. This book shows the tombs at Thebes, including the treasure-filled burial place of Tutankhamen, the temples of Luxor and Karnak, and the palaces of Akhenaten at Tell el Amarna and of Amenhotep III at Thebes. It also presents many revealing portraits depicting a range of subjects from the kings and queens who built the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara to their own civil servants.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Map of Egypt - pt. 1. The Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Periods - 2. Predynastic Egypt (4000-3200 B.C.) - 3. Dynasties I-II (3200-2780 B.C.) - pt. 2. The Old Kingdom - 4. Dynasty III (2780-2680 B.C.) - 5. Dynasty IV (2680-2565 B.C.) - 6. Dynasty V (2565-2420 B.C.) - 7. Dynasty VI (2420-2258 B.C.) - pt. 3. The Growth of the Middle Kingdom and its Collapse - 8. The First Intermediate Period : Dynasties VII-X (2258-2052 B.C.) - 9. Dynasty XI (2134-1991 B.C.) -10. Dynasty XII (1991-1786 B.C.) - 11. The Minor Arts and Foreign Relations of the Middle Kingdom - 12. The Second Intermediate Period : Dynasties XIII-XVII (1786-1570 B.C.) - pt. 4. The New Kingdom - 13. The Early Eighteenth Dynasty : Ahmose-Tuthmosis III (1570-1450 B.C.) - 14. The Height of the Eighteenth Dynasty : Amenhotep II-Amenhotep III (1450-1372 B.C.) - 15. The Palace of Amenhotep III and New Kingdom Domestic Architecture - 16. The Change to Amarna - 17. The Amarna Period (1372-1350 B.C.) - 18. The Post-Amarna Period (1350-1314 B.C.) - 19. The Ramesside Period : Dynasties XIX-XX (1314-1085 B.C.) - pt. 5. The Later Periods - 20. The Period of Decline : Dynasties XXI-XXII (1085-730 B.C.) - 21. The Kushite and Saite Revival and the End of Dynastic Egypt (730-332 B.C.).

A wealth of art and architectural treasures survive from Ancient Egypt.... In this book, Ancient Egyptian monuments, their decorations, and many other works of art are reproduced in more than four hundred beautiful illustrations. The Ancient Egyptians in their tombs attempted to recreate life for the dead in a naturalistic way, often against the background of the landscape in which they lived. This book shows the tombs at Thebes, including the treasure-filled burial place of Tutankhamen, the temples of Luxor and Karnak, and the palaces of Akhenaten at Tell el Amarna and of Amenhotep III at Thebes. It also presents many revealing portraits depicting a range of subjects from the kings and queens who built the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara to their own civil servants.

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