Dawn of Egyptian art /

Patch, Diana Craig.

Dawn of Egyptian art / Diana Craig Patch ; with essays by Marianne Eaton-Krauss ... [et al.] ; contributions from Susan J. Allen ... [et al.]. - New York : New Haven : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Distributed by Yale University Press, c2011. - xii, 275 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 col. map, plans (some col.) ; 26 cm.

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dawn of Egyptian Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from April 10 to August 5, 2012"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index.

Introduction / From land to landscape / Hierakonpolis / An early weaving scene / The human figure / Early dynastic art / Sculpture in early dynastic Egypt / Objects, animals, humans, and hybrids: the evolution of early Egyptian representations of the divine / Text and image and the origin of writing in ancient Egypt / The stela of King Renab / Diana Craig Patch -- Diana Craig Patch -- Renée Friedman -- Emilia Cortes -- Diana Craig Patch -- Diana Craig Patch -- Marianne Eaton-Krauss -- Ann Macy Roth -- David P. Silverman -- Catharine H. Roehrig and Anna Serotta.

9781588394606 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) 1588394603 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) 9780300179521 (Yale University Press) 0300179529 (Yale University Press)

2012474304

GBB209191 bnb

016019536 Uk


Art, Egyptian--Exhibitions.
Art, Ancient--Egypt--Exhibitions.

N5350 / .P47 2011
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