When the pyramids were built
Subtitle: Egyptian art of the Old Kingdom
By: Dorothea Arnold ; photographs by Bruce White.
Contributors: Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais (France); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Royal Ontario Museum.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Rizzoli International Publications; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Art, Egyptian -- Exhibitions.; Art, Ancient -- Egypt -- Exhibitions.; Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C. -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "The Old Kingdom (about 2650 2150 B.C.E.) was the first golden age of Egyptian culture, a period that determined the form and character of Egyptian art for centuries to come." "This volume, published to accompany a landmark exhibition organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Reunion des Musees Nationaux in Paris, and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, brings together 115 Old Kingdom masterworks from museum collections throughout the world. The text by Dorothea Arnold offers an overview of the history society, and art of the Old Kingdom and an informative discussion of each of the illustrated works. All of the pieces were newly photographed for the book by Bruce White."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 144).
This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids, held at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, from Apr. 6 to July 12, 1999, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., from Sept. 16, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, from Feb. 13 to May 22, 2000.