Dawn of Egyptian art / Diana Craig Patch ; with essays by Marianne Eaton-Krauss ... [et al.] ; contributions from Susan J. Allen ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: New York : New Haven : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Distributed by Yale University Press, c2011Description: xii, 275 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 col. map, plans (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN: 9781588394606 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art); 1588394603 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art); 9780300179521 (Yale University Press); 0300179529 (Yale University Press)Subject(s): Art, Egyptian -- Exhibitions | Art, Ancient -- Egypt -- ExhibitionsLOC classification: N5350 | .P47 2011"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 / Diana Craig Patch -- From land to landscape / Diana Craig Patch -- Hierakonpolis / Renée Friedman -- An early weaving scene / Emilia Cortes -- The human figure / Diana Craig Patch -- Early dynastic art / Diana Craig Patch -- Sculpture in early dynastic Egypt / Marianne Eaton-Krauss -- Objects, animals, humans, and hybrids: the evolution of early Egyptian representations of the divine / Ann Macy Roth -- Text and image and the origin of writing in ancient Egypt / David P. Silverman -- The stela of King Renab / Catharine H. Roehrig and Anna Serotta.
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