Egyptian ArtFirst published in 2005. Gaston Maspero, the leading expert on Egyptian art, writes here with authority and style on a very significant aspect of ancient Egypt. By compiling and publishing this volume, he sought to familiarise the general public with some of the finest examples of ancient Egyptian art, and to enhance their appreciation of these treasures. Many of the pieces described herein were examined by the author in museums around the world. Others he caught as they emerged from the ground, moments after their discovery. |
Contents
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II SOME PORTRAITS OF MYCERINUS | 36 |
III A SCRIBES HEAD OF THE IVTH OR VTH DYNASTY | 49 |
A GROUP FOUND AT MEMPHIS | 55 |
VTH DYNASTY | 60 |
VI THE NEW SCRIBE OF THE GIZEH MUSEUM | 66 |
VTH DYNASTY | 74 |
XIV A HEAD OF THE PHARAOH HARMHABI | 135 |
XV THE COLOSSUS OF RAMSES II AT BEDRECHEÎN | 140 |
XVI EGYPTIAN JEWELLERY IN THE LOUVRE | 145 |
XVII THE TREASURE OF ZAGAZIG | 154 |
XVIII THREE STATUETTES IN WOOD | 172 |
XIX A FRAGMENT OF A THEBAN STATUETTE | 178 |
XX THE LADY TOUÎ OF THE LOUVRE AND EGYPTIAN INDUSTRIAL SCULPTURE IN WOOD | 183 |
XXI SOME PERFUME LADLES OF THE XVIIITH DYNASTY | 190 |
STATUETTE IN PAINTED LIMESTONE FOUND AT MEMPHIS | 79 |
VTH OR VITH DYNASTY | 85 |
X THE FAVISSA OF KARNAK AND THE THEBAN SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE | 90 |
XI THE COW OF DEÎRELBAHARÎ | 106 |
XII THE STATUETTE OF AMENÔPHIS IV | 120 |
XIII FOUR CANOPIC HEADS FOUND IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS AT THEBES | 126 |
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alabaster Amendphis Amon ancient artist bas-reliefs belonged Bissing body Boulaq Museum bracelets bronze Bubastis bust Cairo Museum Canopic Canopic jars cartouche cats century b.c. Chephren chest chisel colour con costume COW HATHOR Crouching Scribe dead decorated Egypt Egyptian art engraved execution eyes face favissa fellahs figures flesh forehead fragments front funerary Gizeh goddess hand Hathor hawk head-dress hypogeums inscriptions jewels Karnak Khnoumhotpou KING KHOUNIATONOU legs limestone lotus Louvre Mariette master Memphian Memphis Montouhotpou monuments mummies Mycerinus neck necklace nose painted PERFUME LADLE person Pharaoh Phtah physiognomy pieces placed portrait possess preserved priests Psammetichus ram’s head Ramses Ramses II Ranofir reproduced round royal SAITE PERIOD Sanouosrit Saqqarah schist sculptor seated Serapeum Setoui shoulders side silver sistrum Skhemka standing statues statuette stone studio temple Theban Theban school Thebes thin Thoutmosis Tiyi tomb uraeus wife worship XlXth Dynasty XVIIIth ZAGAZIG