The art and architecture of ancient Egypt / W. Stevenson Smith, revised with additions by William Kelly Simpson

Smith, William Stevenson

ISBN 10: 0300077475 / ISBN 13: 9780300077476

Published by New Haven and London : Yale University Press, 1998

About this Item

Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 296 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm. Subjects; Architecture Egypt. Antiquities. Architecture. Art, Egyptian. Ancient Egypt; customs and culture. Ancient Egypt; description and travel. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The art and architecture of ancient Egypt / W. Stevenson Smith, revised with additions by William Kelly Simpson
• Publisher: New Haven and London : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300077475
• ISBN 13: 9780300077476
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Paperback edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

About this title

Synopsis

A wealth of art and architectural treasures survive from Ancient Egypt―a civilization that endured from the fourth millennium B.C. to the conquest of Alexander the Great. In this book, Ancient Egyptian monuments, their decorations, and many other works of art are reproduced in more than four hundred beautiful illustrations.

The Ancient Egyptians in their tombs attempted to recreate life for the dead in a naturalistic way, often against the background of the landscape in which they lived. This book shows the tombs at Thebes, including the treasure-filled burial place of Tutankhamen, the temples of Luxor and Karnak, and the palaces of Akhenaten at Tell el Amarna and of Amenhotep III at Thebes. It also presents many revealing portraits depicting a range of subjects from the kings and queens who built the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara to their own civil servants.

About the Author

The late W. Stevenson Smith was curator of the Egyptian Department of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. William Kelly Simpson succeeded W. Stevenson Smith in that position. He is also professor of Egyptology at Yale University and co-director of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Egypt.