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Hatshepsut from Queen to Pharoah
[Buy it!] | Roehrig Catharine H. and Renee Dreyfus et al. | USD 35.00
(Wed May 29 04:09:53 2024) | ABAA | Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB | New York / New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, Date: 2005. Paperback. VG (Lightly edgeworn wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Blue and black glossy photo-illustrated wraps with white lettering; xv, 339 pp.; rcolor frontispiece, profusely interested in color. From the Hardcover DJ: Essays by leading Egyptologists. An important investigation into the impact of Hatshepsut's reign on the history, culture, and splendid artistic output of ancient Eypt. The glories of the art produced during her reign are also fully explored, with discussions of the artistic results of Egypt's contact with the neighboring cultures of the Near East, Nubia, and the Aegean, and of the development of the styles displayed in monumental royal sculpture, reliefs, ceremonial objects, exquisite personal items for everyday use, and a dazzling array of jewelry. Works in the exhibition are illustrated in full color and analyzed in the two hundred catalogue entries. Published in conjuction with an exhibition held from October 15, 2005 to February 5, 2006 and several other times/locations. 2005. Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press ISBN 1588391736 US |
