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256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Art of the world, the historical, sociological and religious backgrounds : Non-European peoples |
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Art of the world, the historical, sociological and religious backgrounds.
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| Contents |
INTRODUCTION -- I. BASIC ELEMENTS OF EGYPTIAN CULTURE -- Physical setting -- The Nile -- Agriculture -- Cattle-raising and hunting -- Trees -- Mineral resources and stone -- "The Two Lands" -- Ethnic composition -- Religious beliefs -- Fetish -- Divine animals -- Cosmic forces -- Magic -- II. THE PREHISTORIC ERA --Finds -- Tasa, Merimde, 4th millenium B.C., Badarian culture -- Nagada I -- Nagada II -- Writing -- Hieroglyphs -- Hieratic script, Demotic script, Coptic script and deciphering of hieroglyphs -- Calendar -- Nile year and Sothic periods -- Chronology -- Written sources -- III. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD -- Historical survey -- Thinites Ist and IInd Dynasties -- Monarchy -- Religion -- After-life -- IV. TOMBS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM THE ARCHAIC PERIOD -- The Archaic Period -- Burial places -- Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt -- Nagada Tomb -- Archaeological finds -- Cosmetic palettes -- Relief carvings and reliefs on stone -- Sculpture -- V. THE OLD KINGDOM -- Historical survey -- IIIrd-VIth Dynasties -- VIIth-Xth Dynasties -- Religion -- Sacred monarchy -- Cosmic deities -- Doctrine of Heliopolis -- Doctrine of Hermopolis -- Doctrine of Memphis -- Concept of the after-life -- Osiris myth -- VI. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE OLD KINGDOM -- Architecture -- Zoser pyramid -- Snefru and Chephren pyramids -- Royal tombs of Vth Dynasty -- Sun temples -- Private temples -- Tombs at Meidum -- Giza -- Sakkara -- Nomarchs' tombs -- Relief and painting -- IVth Dynasty tombs at Meidum -- Tombs at Giza --Style -- Artist -- Vth Dynasty -- Reliefs on royal monuments -- Sakkara -- Reliefs from the VIth Dynasty -- Sculpture in the round -- IIIrd-IVth Dynasty -- Vth Dynasty -- Wooden carvings -- VIth Dynasty -- VII. THE MIDDLE KINGDOM -- Historical survey -- Mentuhotep II -- XIth-XIIth Dynasties -- XIIIth-XVIIth Dynasties -- Religious beliefs -- VIII. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM -- Architecture -- Temples -- Royal tombs -- Private tombs -- Nomarchs' tombs -- Tombs of court officials -- Tombs in the delta -- Relief and painting -- Reliefs on royal monuments -- Reliefs and paintings in private tombs -- Stelae -- Sculpture in the round -- Sphinges -- XIIIth Dynasty -- Sculpture of private persons -- Temple Sculpture and cloaked figures -- XIIIth Dynasty -- Jewellery and utensils -- IX. THE NEW KINGDOM -- Historical survey -- XVIIIth century, Hatsheput and Thut mosis III -- Amenophis III, Akhnaton and Tutankhamun -- XIXth-XXIIIrd Dynasties -- Monarchy and administrative system -- Religion -- Amun cult -- Popular beliefs -- Aton cult -- 'Hymn to the Sun' -- X. ART AND ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE XVIIITH DYNASTY -- Architecture -- Temples at Karnak -- Luxor -- Amarna -- Royal tombs -- Reliefs and paintings of the Thutmosid era -- Royal monuments -- Private tombs at Thebes -- Age of maturity -- Amarna Period -- Sculpture in the round -- Thutmosid era -- Royal sculpture -- Private persons -- Age of maturity -- Amarna period -- Thebes -- Amarna -- Models of masks -- Sculpture of private persons -- XI. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE RAMESSID ERA -- Architecture -- Early XIXth Dynasty -- Temples at Karnak and Abydos -- Osireion -- Temples of Ramses II -- Karnak, Luxor and Abu Simbel -- XXth Dynasty -- Relief and painting -- XIXth Dynasty -- XXth Dynasty -- Sculpture in the round -- Crafts in the New Kingdom -- Art in the Libyan period -- XII. LATE PERIOD -- Historical survey -- Ethiopian rule -- Saites -- Persian rule, Delta Dynasties, Alexander the Great and Ptolemaic rule -- Roman rule -- Monarchy, priesthood and army -- Popular beliefs -- XIII. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE LATE PERIOD -- Architecture -- Temples and tombs of private persons --Relief and painting -- Sculpture in the round -- Royal sculpture -- Private persons -- Saite period -- Sculpture of private persons and bronze statuettes -- XXVIIth-XXXth Dynasties -- Sculpture of private persons. -- XIV. ART AND ARCHITECTURE DURING THE PTOLEMAIC AND ROMAN PERIODS -- Architecture -- Temple at Edfu -- Dendera and Philae -- Relief and painting --Reliefs in temples and private tombs -- Roman period -- Portraits on mummies -- Sculpture in the round -- Sculpture of private persons -- NOTES -- APPENDICES. |
| Note |
Translation of Ägypten. Die Kunst der Pharaonen. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 246-247. |
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Includes index. |
| Subject |
Art, Egyptian -- History.
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