Egyptian art in the age of the pyramids.
Record details
- ISBN: 0870999079 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0870999060 (HC)
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Physical Description:
xxiii, 536 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, c1999.
Content descriptions
General Note: | 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. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-516) and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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GCC Library | N5350 .E37 1999 (Text) | 36996001105458 | Circulation | Available | - |
MWCC Library | N5350 (Text) | 37945002777434 | Circulating Collection | Available | - |