Egyptian wall painting
By: Francesco Tiradritti ; translated from the Italian by Marguerite Shore.
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780789210081
Subjects: Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian; Mural painting and decoration, Ancient -- Egypt
Description: "Ancient Egyptian civilization developed its own highly individual manner of expressing visible and invisible worlds - earth and the domain of the gods - through distinctive 'languages.' These languages included two-dimensional portrayals (paintings and painted reliefs) and three-dimensional figures - both forms that must be skillfully deciphered in order to grasp their overt and covert meanings. Handsomely illustrated with 350 color plates, including numerous full-page details reproduced on a special matte paper designed to reproduce the feel of the stuccoed limestone on which the original images were painted, "Egyptian wall paintings" presents an art, language, and culture of extraordinary richness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles of Egyptian figural art; title: Color in Egyptian art; title: Technique of Egyptian wall painting; title: Prehistory and protohistory; title: Old Kingdom; title: First intermediate period; title: Middle Kingdom; title: New Kingdom.