The art of Egypt
Subtitle: the time of the Pharaohs
By: by Irmgard Woldering ; [translated by Ann E. Keep]
Series: Art of the world, the historical, sociological and religious backgrounds : Non-European peoples; Art of the world
Publisher: Greystone Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 256
Copyright date: 1962
Subjects: Egyptian Art; Art égyptien; Histoire; History
Work titles: Ägypten. Die Kunst der Pharaonen
Description: "Against the background of ancient Egypt's historic, sociologic, and religious evolution, in clear text and amazingly fine illustrations, this [book] supplies a brilliant survey of the Golden Age of Egyptian Art."--Jacket.
Notes: Translation of: Ägypten. Die Kunst der Pharaonen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION; title: I. BASIC ELEMENTS OF EGYPTIAN CULTURE; title: Physical setting; title: The Nile; title: Agriculture; title: Cattle-raising and hunting; title: Trees; title: Mineral resources and stone; title: "The Two Lands"; title: Ethnic composition; title: Religious beliefs; title: Fetish; title: Divine animals; title: Cosmic forces; title: Magic; title: II. THE PREHISTORIC ERA; title: Finds; title: Tasa, Merimde, 4th millenium B.C., Badarian culture; title: Nagada I; title: Nagada II; title: Writing; title: Hieroglyphs; title: Hieratic script, Demotic script, Coptic script and deciphering of hieroglyphs; title: Calendar; title: Nile year and Sothic periods; title: Chronology; title: Written sources; title: III. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD; title: Historical survey; title: Thinites Ist and IInd Dynasties; title: Monarchy; title: Religion; title: After-life; title: IV. TOMBS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM THE ARCHAIC PERIOD; title: The Archaic Period; title: Burial places; title: Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt; title: Nagada Tomb; title: Archaeological finds; title: Cosmetic palettes; title: Relief carvings and reliefs on stone; title: Sculpture; title: V. THE OLD KINGDOM; title: Historical survey; title: IIIrd-VIth Dynasties; title: VIIth-Xth Dynasties; title: Religion; title: Sacred monarchy; title: Cosmic deities; title: Doctrine of Heliopolis; title: Doctrine of Hermopolis; title: Doctrine of Memphis; title: Concept of the after-life; title: Osiris myth; title: VI. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE OLD KINGDOM; title: Architecture; title: Zoser pyramid; title: Snefru and Chephren pyramids; title: Royal tombs of Vth Dynasty; title: Sun temples; title: Private temples; title: Tombs at Meidum; title: Giza; title: Sakkara; title: Nomarchs' tombs; title: Relief and painting; title: IVth Dynasty tombs at Meidum; title: Tombs at Giza; title: Style; title: Artist; title: Vth Dynasty; title: Reliefs on royal monuments; title: Sakkara; title: Reliefs from the VIth Dynasty; title: Sculpture in the round; title: IIIrd-IVth Dynasty; title: Vth Dynasty; title: Wooden carvings; title: VIth Dynasty; title: VII. THE MIDDLE KINGDOM; title: Historical survey; title: Mentuhotep II; title: XIth-XIIth Dynasties; title: XIIIth-XVIIth Dynasties; title: Religious beliefs; title: VIII. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM; title: Architecture; title: Temples; title: Royal tombs; title: Private tombs; title: Nomarchs' tombs; title: Tombs of court officials; title: Tombs in the delta; title: Relief and painting; title: Reliefs on royal monuments; title: Reliefs and paintings in private tombs; title: Stelae; title: Sculpture in the round; title: Sphinges; title: XIIIth Dynasty; title: Sculpture of private persons; title: Temple Sculpture and cloaked figures; title: XIIIth Dynasty; title: Jewellery and utensils; title: IX. THE NEW KINGDOM; title: Historical survey; title: XVIIIth century, Hatsheput and Thut mosis III; title: Amenophis III, Akhnaton and Tutankhamun; title: XIXth-XXIIIrd Dynasties; title: Monarchy and administrative system; title: Religion; title: Amun cult; title: Popular beliefs; title: Aton cult; title: 'Hymn to the Sun'; title: X. ART AND ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE XVIIITH DYNASTY; title: Architecture; title: Temples at Karnak; title: Luxor; title: Amarna; title: Royal tombs; title: Reliefs and paintings of the Thutmosid era; title: Royal monuments; title: Private tombs at Thebes; title: Age of maturity; title: Amarna Period; title: Sculpture in the round; title: Thutmosid era; title: Royal sculpture; title: Private persons; title: Age of maturity; title: Amarna period; title: Thebes; title: Amarna; title: Models of masks; title: Sculpture of private persons; title: XI. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE RAMESSID ERA; title: Architecture; title: Early XIXth Dynasty; title: Temples at Karnak and Abydos; title: Osireion; title: Temples of Ramses II; title: Karnak, Luxor and Abu Simbel; title: XXth Dynasty; title: Relief and painting; title: XIXth Dynasty; title: XXth Dynasty; title: Sculpture in the round; title: Crafts in the New Kingdom; title: Art in the Libyan period; title: XII. LATE PERIOD; title: Historical survey; title: Ethiopian rule; title: Saites; title: Persian rule, Delta Dynasties, Alexander the Great and Ptolemaic rule; title: Roman rule; title: Monarchy, priesthood and army; title: Popular beliefs; title: XIII. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE LATE PERIOD; title: Architecture; title: Temples and tombs of private persons; title: Relief and painting; title: Sculpture in the round; title: Royal sculpture; title: Private persons; title: Saite period; title: Sculpture of private persons and bronze statuettes; title: XXVIIth-XXXth Dynasties; title: Sculpture of private persons.; title: XIV. ART AND ARCHITECTURE DURING THE PTOLEMAIC AND ROMAN PERIODS; title: Architecture; title: Temple at Edfu; title: Dendera and Philae; title: Relief and painting; title: Reliefs in temples and private tombs; title: Roman period; title: Portraits on mummies; title: Sculpture in the round; title: Sculpture of private persons; title: NOTES; title: APPENDICES.