Egyptian Art The Walters Art Museum
Volume Editor: Matthias Seidel. With contributions by Regine Schulz, Betsy Bryan and Christianne Henry
Published by GILES in association with the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Publish Date — June 2009 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 192 pages, 270 × 205 mm (8 × 10 ½ in.), portrait
Illustrations — 114 colour and 35 b&w illustrations
Hardback price — UK£24.50 / US$45.00
ISBN — 1-904832-57-1
ISBN — 978-1-904832-57-7
Book Details (pdf) — Ancient-Egypt-AI-LR.pdf
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Press Release — Fascinating survey of Egyptian art from...
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“There are some exquisite, unique and important pieces included in these pages and the book is the next best thing to actually visiting the collection. It brings the museum’s wonderful collection to a world-wide audience” Ancient Egypt Magazine
About the Book
This volume is the latest in a growing list of beautifully illustrated titles about some of the most significant and popular subjects in art history and archaeology published in association with the Walters Art Museum. It presents 79 objects from the museum’s internationally renowned collection of ancient Egyptian art, ranging in date from the early dynastic to the Roman period.
An introductory overview of Egyptian art is followed by the main presentation of artworks, which are divided into five chronological sections, reflecting the broader divisions of Egyptian political history: the early dynastic period and Old Kingdom; the Middle Kingdom; the New Kingdom; the Third Intermediate Period and Late Period and the Ptolemaic and Roman Period. Each section is prefaced by an introduction to the key political, artistic and wider cultural developments of that period.
Each artwork is accompanied by an extended entry that places it within the context of ancient Egyptian art and discusses key stylistic and decorative features, as well as technical information
