The Colossal Statue of Ramesses II (Objects in Focus)

Informationen zum Autor Anna Garnett is Assistant Project Curator in Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum. Her research interests include ceramics from New Kingdom Egyptian sites in Nubia, Egyptian royal sculpture and colossal statuary and New Kingdom religious architecture. She is currently working on the Amara West Project where her responsibilities include the study and publication of the ceramics excavated from the New Kingdom town at Amara West as part of an on-going British Museum fieldwork project. Klappentext Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the statue and contextual images, and including archival material relating to the British Museum's acquisition, this book tells the story of this magnificent artefact, discussing alongside the draw of colossal Egyptian sculpture, the history of the reign of Ramesses II and the nature of the statue's acquisition. Vorwort Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the statue and contextual images, and including archival material relating to the British Museum’s acquisition, this book tells the story of this magnificent artefact, discussing alongside the draw of colossal Egyptian sculpture, the history of the reign of Ramesses II and the nature of the statue’s acquisition. Zusammenfassung Beautifully illustrated with photographs of the statue and contextual images, and including archival material relating to the British Museum’s acquisition, this book tells the story of this magnificent artefact, discussing alongside the draw of colossal Egyptian sculpture, the history of the reign of Ramesses II and the nature of the statue’s acquisition.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Garnett, Garnett Anna
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.10.2015
• EAN: 9780714151090
• ISBN: 978-0-7141-5109-0
• No. of pages: 64
• Weight: 200 g
• Series: Objects in Focus; OBJECTS IN FOCU; Objects in Focus; OBJECTS IN FOCU; Object in Focus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Social sciences, law, business; ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ART / Sculpture & Installation, sculpture, History of Art, Archaeology by period / region, Classical style, Ancient Egypt, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Ancient Egyptian style, Egypt; Ramesses