The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7103-0792-7
Verlag: Kegan Paul

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten

Reihe: Kegan Paul Library of Ancient Egypt

This classic work is an indispensable handbook for understanding Egyptian art as the expression of a unique culture. Petrie, an early practitioner of the cultural approach to art, considers fifteen different art or craft forms, ranging from the splendid goods made for pharaohs to humble objects of everyday life, statuary, reliefs, paintings and drawings, architecture, stone-working, jewellery, metal work, glazed ware and glass, pottery, ivory-working, woodwork, plaster and stucco, and clothing. While touching on art history and archaeology, Petrie concentrates on the ways the social and metaphysical order of the Egyptian world are reproduced in its art forms.

This classic work is an indispensable handbook for understanding Egyptian art as the expression of a unique culture. Petrie, an early practitioner of the cultural approach to art, considers fifteen different art or craft forms, ranging from the splendid goods made for pharaohs to humble objects of everyday life. While touching on art history and archaeology, Petrie concentrates on the ways the social and metaphysical order of the Egyptian world are reproduced in its art forms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Theorie und Methoden der Ethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

W. M. Flinders Petrie was a leading figure in Egyptology.