art, egyptian

Presents color photographs of antiquities featured in the "Hidden Treasures of the Egyptian Museum" exhibit, as well as other, better known, holdings of the museum in Cairo, each with a description of the item's discovery, and includes information on the history of the museum, and tradition of archaeology in Egypt.

Surveys Egyptian art from Dynasty 1 through the Ptolemaic Period, approximately 3200 through 30 B.C., discussing it in terms of the history and culture of the period.

Art and history of egypt.

Presents more than four hundred full-color photographs of ancient Egyptian gold objects and jewels, along with text describing the treasures of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, and the Late Dynastic Period.

Survey of nearly 3,000 years of Egyptian architecture, painting, and sculpture, with text on how the art was shaped by history, religion, and the environment.

Traces the development of the art of Egypt from prehistoric times, when the pharaohs had not yet come into existence, to the epilogue of this great civilization following its conquest by Alexander.

Explores ancient Egyptian art in a variety of media, including painting, relief, sculpture, and architecture, discussing techniques, subjects, and symbols.