Egyptian art in the age of the pyramids
"The Egyptian Old Kingdom (c. 2650-2150 BC) was an era of extraordinary artistic achievement-the period that gave us the Sphinx and the pyramids as well as a rich legacy of private tombs, wall paintings, reliefs, statuary, jewelry, and decorative arts. This book, the companion volume to a major traveling exhibition organized by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre in Paris, showcases the most impressive assemblage of Egyptian art and artifacts since the Tutankhamun exhibition of the late 1970s. Scholarly essays and 650 illustrations bring to life a remarkable panoply of Old Kingdom objects-temple and tomb reliefs, striking gold jewelry, handsome stone vessels, monumental statues, stelae, and exquisite statuettes. Together, text and images create a stunning tribute to the world of the Pharaohs"--Publisher's description
Print Book, English, 1999
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999
Exhibition catalogues
xxiii, 536 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
9780870999062, 9780870999079, 9780810965430, 0870999060, 0870999079, 0810965437
41431623
Catalogue of an exhibition to be held at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, April 6-July 12, 1999, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 16, 1999-January 9, 2000, and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, February 13-May 22, 2000
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