Reading Egyptian Art (Paperback)

A multi-purpose reference work, providing the key to the hidden meanings in Egyptian art: an encyclopaedia of the major signs and symbols, a visual compendium of artistic motifs, a sourcebook of Egyptian religious beliefs and ideas. The hieroglyphs are thematically organized and include: seated man - seated god - woman nursing child - wedjat eye - ear - breast - bull - cow - cat - lion - foreleg of ox - heart - falcon - vulture - ibis - wing - feather - crocodile - frog - scarab beetle - bee - tree - palm branch - lotus - sky - sun - star - djed column - fetish of Abydos - gold - ankh - fan - bow - knife - cartouche - Isis knot - board game - sistrum A full reference section is also provided, with a complete list of the hieroglyphs, a glossary and a guide to further reading.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Wilkinson, Richard H. Wilkinson, Wilkinson Richard H.
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.1994
• EAN: 9780500277515
• ISBN: 978-0-500-27751-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 501 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Egypt, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / Reference, ART / African, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, History of Art, Reference works, Ancient World, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Palaeography