The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)

This is a nice book to read not that detailed, I bought it as a used book, on a scale of 10 I give it a 6 on cleansesthe cover is damaged and too much highlighting

Basic, there was a stamp on the first page that said the book was discarded because it was outdated and not updated - so think about that. I'm interested in pre-historic art and cultures, so that's why I purchased. It's interesting to go through and read, and look at the pictures, but if you're an academic, it's not going to do you any good and it won't be a reliable source.

ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPTAIN BY YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS,,,,,,WOW WHAT A STUDY FOR RESEARCHING.....A MUST READ FOR AND ALLWHO WONDER ABOUT. THE EGYPTAIN CULTURE

Great information on Egyptian architecture!!

Good book

GREAT

This textbok was perfect for our 13-day Academic Program Aboard to Egypt in January 2009. The Art amd Achitecture of Ancient Egypt breaks down each period of history into separate dynasties. This sequential approach to Egyptian history helped our undergraduate students better understand the differences in ancient architecture, artwork, and rulers. They could use the textbook as a reference to understand that the Old Kingdom funeral tombs were built in the shape of pyramids as we climbed inside Cheops at Giza. Next, they personally experienced the Middle Kingdom construction of cliffside funeral tombs while visiting Hatshepsut's Temple in Deir el Bahari. Finally, this textbook clearly presented to our students the building of New Kingdom tombs underground while gazing upon the face of King Tutankhamun lying his Valley of the Kings sarcophagus. Yale University has done an outstanding job of presenting this ancient culture in an historical context that is easily understood and grasped by undergraduate Art History students.

This is a sourcebook, set out in chronological order, with a focus on art and architecture, that conveys a huge amount of information in a readable and even enjoyable fashion. For one writing on the period, the information here is invaluable, and mine is a keeper.There is a brief discussion of a drawing (found, I think, in a tomb) that seems to show a winged being descending. The image is fragmentary, but the reconstruction is well done and the discussion of what the image seems to show is excellently handled.As I've said (rather ironically) with the other sourcebooks in my research shelves, this is not a page-turner. Not all books should be. This is a book where the reader sits with a pencil and paper (or, perhaps, a laptop), frowns at a page, says 'Hmmmmm...' and takes notes.I recommend it very highly for research purposes.

When I bought this I imagined it to be a fairly academic treatise on Egyptian Art similar to Schafer's Principles of Egyptian Art however I was disappointed to find it is a large (A4) book packed with photographs but lacking, I feel, in substance.

Using it for my research its just what I needed for my course on Egyptology as I am doing distant learning.Thank you

was told to get this ifor university by my lecturers, is a very good book for student use, great book in its area,

Definitely what I wanted.