Egyptian art in the days of the pharaohs, 3100-320 BC / Cyril Aldred.

By:

Aldred, Cyril

Material type: Text

TextSeries: World of artPublication details: New York, NY : Thames and Hudson, 2004, c1980.Description: 252 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cmISBN:

0500201803 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Art, Egyptian

DDC classification:

709.62 ALD

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.62 ALD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000113069

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Of the ancient art that has survived from the non-Classical world, that of Egypt makes a unique appeal.In this authoritative and splendidly illustrated guide Cyril Aldred surveys nearly 3000 years of Egyptian art and architecture, concentrating on the fine arts of painting and sculpture.

Reprint. Originally published: London : Thames and Hudson, 1980.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-242) and index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Cyril Aldred was among the first to graduate in the History of Art at the newly founded Courtauld Institute of Art, London, in 1936, and studied Egyptology as an art historian. From 1961 to 1974 he was Keeper of the Department of Art and Archaeology at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, and he also served as Associate Curator fot e Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He died in 1991. His many publications include Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom (1965), Akhenaten and Nefertiti (1973), Jewels of the Pharaohs (2nd edn, 1978), Tutankhamen, Craftsmanship in Gold in the Reign of the King (1979), The Egyptians (rev. edn, 1987), and Akhenaten: King of Egypt (1988).