The Funerary Art of Ancient Egypt

The Funerary Art of Ancient Egypt
Author: abeer el shahawy
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9789771723530

Ancient Egyptian artists produced masterpieces and works of funerary art on a scale never seen before or since. This book is the first to discuss the artistic development of funerary scenes over the four hundred years of the New Kingdom, covering the different reigns of the period. It shows the sequence of events in the funeral processions and how they developed over the course of time. Moreover, it covers many different sites in the Theban necropolis, including scenes from many closed and unpublished tombs. This first-ever survey describes the pictorial drama that was the funeral procession, explores rare and unique scenes, and shows the echoes that remain from these ancient funerals in modern Egypt today.

The Cost of Death

The Cost of Death
Author: Kathlyn M. Cooney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2007
Genre: Burial
ISBN: 9789062582228

The Realm of Osiris

The Realm of Osiris
Author: Peter Lacovara
Publisher: Michael C. Carlos Museum
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781928917045

Spanning a period of over 3000 years of ancient Egyptian history, this catalogue presents full-color illustrations of many never-before-published artifacts, with essays on the history of the collection, mummification, and modern medical imaging of ancient remains.

Late Antique Egyptian Funerary Sculpture

Late Antique Egyptian Funerary Sculpture
Author: Thelma K. Thomas
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780691034683

Some of these sculptures were made for grand monumental tombs and commissioned by an urban, land-owning class with strong Hellenistic roots; others were made for smaller and less imposing monuments and commissioned by distinctly different clienteles from monasteries and towns, as well as by different socio-economic classes within the cities.".

The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt

The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt
Author: Christina Riggs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 019927665X

This important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they created a 'beautiful burial' to glorify the dead in the changing cultural landscape of Roman Egypt.

Art of Ancient Egypt

Art of Ancient Egypt
Author: Edith Whitney Watts
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 185
Release: 1998
Genre: Art, Ancient
ISBN: 0870998536

"[A] comprehensive resource, which contains texts, posters, slides, and other materials about outstanding works of Egyptian art from the Museum's collection"--Welcome (preliminary page).

Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt

Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt
Author: Salima Ikram
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2015-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1649031491

A Book Riot 100 Must-Read Book on Ancient History Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they lived. This well-illustrated book explores all aspects of death in ancient Egypt, including beliefs of the afterlife, mummification, the protection of the body, tombs and their construction and decoration, funerary goods, and the funeral itself. It also addresses the relationship between the living and the dead, and the magico-religious interaction of these two in ancient Egyptian culture. Salima Ikram's own experience with experimental mummification and funerary archaeology lends the book many completely original and provocative insights. In addition, a full survey of current development in the field makes this a unique book that combines all aspects of death and burial in ancient Egypt into one volume.

Searching for Ancient Egypt

Searching for Ancient Egypt
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0801434823

Lavishly illustrated in color, this book presents a spectacular collection of archaeological and artistic treasures covering the extent of Egyptian art from the Predynastic Period of the fourth millennium B.C. to the Greco-Roman period of the fourth century A.D. The volume features more than 130 objects ranging from architectural elements of a royal palace and funerary chapel to delicate jewelry and textile fragments, and contains many objects never previously shown in print. In an introductory essay David P. Silverman documents major expeditions to sites in Egypt and Nubia and summarizes the new information gleaned about ancient Egyptian civilization. Donald B. Redford provides a general treatment of ancient Egypt history. The objects themselves are introduced with concise essays by recognized Egyptologists: Edward Brovarski, Rita E. Freed, Arielle P. Kozloff, David O'Connor, Edna R. Russmann, William K. Simpson, and Josef W. Wegner. Contributors-- Edward Brovarski, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Rita Freed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Arielle Kozloff, Cleveland Museum of Art David O'Connor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Donald Redford, University of Toronto Edna. R. Russman, Brooklyn Museum of Art David Silverman, University of Pennsylvania William Kelly Simpson, Yale University Josef W. Wegner, University of Pennsylvania

A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art

A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art
Author: Melinda K. Hartwig
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1118325095

A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. • Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences • Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art • Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works • Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation, • Provides a comprehensive synthesis on a discipline that has diversified to the extent that it now incorporates subjects ranging from gender theory to ‘X-ray fluorescence’ and ‘image-based interpretations systems’