| Descript. |
xxiii, 536 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogue of an exhibition to be held at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, Apr. 6-July 12, 1999, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 16, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000, and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Feb. 13-May 22, 2000. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (page 495-516) and indexes. |
| Contents |
A brief history of the Old Kingdom / Jean Leclant -- The step pyramid precinct of King Djoser / Jean-Philippe Lauer -- Pyramids and their temples / Audran Labrousse -- The tombs of officials : houses of eternity / Peter Jánosi -- Old kingdom statues in their architectural setting / Dieter Arnold -- Royal statuary / Krzysztof Grzymski -- Nonroyal statuary / Christiane Ziegler -- Reserve heads : an enigma of Old Kingdom sculpture / Catharine H. Roehrig -- Royal beliefs / Dorothea Arnold -- The human image in Old Kingdom nonroyal beliefs / Nadine Cherpion -- Furniture of the Old Kingdom / Julie Anderson -- Stone vessels : luxury items with manifold implications / Dorothea Arnold and Elena Pischikova -- Excavating the Old Kingdom : from Khafre's Valley temple to the governor's city at Balat / Nicolas Grimal -- Excavating the Old Kingdom : the Giza necropolis and other Mastaba fields / Peter Der Manuelian -- Excavating the Old Kingdom : the Egyptian archaeologists / Zahi Hawass. |
| Subject |
Art, Egyptian -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Ancient -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.
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Egypt -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Egypt -- Architecture -- Exhibitions.
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| Other Author |
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Royal Ontario Museum.
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| ISBN |
0810965437 : £60.00 |
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0870999060 (HC) |
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0870999079 (pbk.) |
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0810965437 |
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