Bibliograph

The art of ancient Egypt, Gay Robins

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The art of ancient Egypt, Gay Robins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-266) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The art of ancient Egypt

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

191732570

Responsibility statement

Gay Robins

Summary

An illustrated history of over 3,000 years of Egyptian artwork arranged chronologically from the early dynastic period to the Ptolemaic period

Table Of Contents

Chronology -- Understanding ancient Egyptian art -- Origins : the Early Dynastic Period -- The first flowering : the Old Kingdom (I) -- A golden age : the Old Kingdom (II) -- Diversity in disunity : the first intermediate period -- Return to the heights : the Middle Kingdom (I) --Change and collapse : the Middle Kingdom (II) -- A new momentum : the New Kingdom (I) : Ahmose to Amenhorep III -- The great heresy : the New Kingdom (II) : the Amarna Period and its aftermath -- The glories of empire : the New Kingdom (III) -- Fragmentation and new directions : the Third Intermediate Period -- Looking to the past : the Late Period (I) -- The final flowering : the Late Leriod (II) and Ptolemaic Period -- Epilogue

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