Egyptian Painting

Erscheinungsjahr 1986
ISBN: 978-0-674-24153-4
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 72 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 268 g

From the earliest times the Egyptians used bold, bright colours to decorate their buildings, sculptures, papyri, coffins and funerary chests. The large tomb-paintings in the British Museum are the most brilliant examples of their artistry but their love of colour shows also in the small vignettes of painted papyri.

This book surveys the whole range of Egyptian painting, illustrated chiefly by the wealth of material in the British Museum. T. G. H. James examines the material used by the ancient painters and explains the conventions and methods which governed some great artists, whose work should be valued in its own right as well as for its incomparable record of Egyptian life 3,000 years ago.

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, T G H

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Ausstellungskataloge, Museumsführer

Über Autor(innen)

James, T G H
T. G. H. James is Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum.