Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids

Allen, James P., Susan Allen, Julie Anderson, Dieter Arnold, Dorothea Arnold, Nadine Cherpion, Élisabeth David, Nicolas Grimal, Krzysztof Grzymski, Zahi Hawass, Marsha Hill, Peter Jánosi, Sophie Labée-Toutée, Audran Labrousse, Jean-Philippe Lauer, Jean Leclant, Peter Der Manuelian, N. B. Millet, Adela Oppenheim, Diana Craig Patch, Elena Pischikova, Patricia Rigault, Catharine H. Roehrig, Dietrich Wildung, and Christiane Ziegler

1999

560 pages

540 illustrations

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Table of contents

About the authors

Praise

Lenders to the Exhibition

Directors' Foreword
Françoise Cachin, Philippe de Montebello, Lindsay Sharp

Acknowledgments
Dorothea Arnold, Krzystof Grzymski, Christiane Ziegler

Contributors to the Catalogue and Key to the Authors of the Entries

Maps

Notes to the Reader

Chronology

A Note on Egyptian Chronology
Élisabeth David

Dynastic and Regnal Dates
James P. Allen

Introduction
Dorothea Arnold, Christiane Ziegler

Introductory Essays

A Brief History of the Old Kingdom
Jean Leclant

The Step Pyramid Precinct of King Djoser
Jean-Philippe Lauer

Pyramids and Their Temples
Audran Labrousse

The Tombs of Officials: Houses of Eternity
Peter Jánosi

Old Kingdom Statues in their Architectural Setting
Dieter Arnold

Royal Statuary
Krzysztof Grzymski

Nonroyal Statuary
Christiane Ziegler

Reserve Heads: An Enigma of Old Kingdom Sculpture
Catharine H. Roehrig

Royal Reliefs
Dorothea Arnold

The Human Image in Old Kingdom Nonroyal Reliefs
Nadine Cherpion

Furniture of the Old Kingdom
Julie Anderson

Stone Vessels: Luxury Items with Manifold Implications
Dorothea Arnold and Elena Pischikova

Excavating the Old Kingdom: From Khafres Valley Temple to the Governors City at Balat
Nicolas Grimal

Excavating the Old Kingdom: the Giza Necropolis and Other Mastaba Fields
Peter Der Manuelian

Excavating the Old Kingdom: The Egyptian Archaeologists
Zahi Hawass

Catalogue

Third Dynasty
Fourth Dynasty
Fifth Dynasty
Sixth Dynasty

Glossary

Bibliography

Indexes

Photograph Credits

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Wall tiles from the funerary apartments of king Djoser, faience — Wall tiles from the funerary apartments of king Djoser
ca. 2630–2611 B.C.

Scenes from a King's Thirty-Year Jubilee, Limestone, paint — Scenes from a King's Thirty-Year Jubilee
ca. 2575–2551 B.C.

Striding Figure, Quartzite, paint — Striding Figure
ca. 2575–2465 B.C.

Relief fragment with king Khufu's cattle, Limestone — Relief fragment with king Khufu's cattle
ca. 2551–2528 B.C.

Relief with the head of a female personification of an estate, Limestone — Relief with the head of a female personification of an estate
ca. 2551–2528 B.C.

Relief with a billy goat, Limestone — Relief with a billy goat
ca. 2551–2528 B.C.

Relief fragment with soldiers running with a rope, Limestone — Relief fragment with soldiers running with a rope
ca. 1981–1952 B.C.

Fragmentary Face of King Khafre, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) — Fragmentary Face of King Khafre
ca. 2520–2494 B.C.

Cast of an architrave with the name of Khafre, Ron Street, Fiberglass-reinforced epoxy resin, paint — Cast of an architrave with the name of Khafre
Ron Street
ca. 2520–2494 B.C. (original)

Archers, Limestone, paint — Archers
ca. 2551–2494 B.C.

Head of a statue of an older man, Limestone, paint — Head of a statue of an older man
ca. 2550–2460 B.C.

The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu, Limestone, paint — The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu
ca. 2575–2465 B.C.

Relief with running troops, Limestone, paint — Relief with running troops
ca. 2465–2458 B.C.

Relief Fragment with a Ship Under Sail, Limestone, paint traces — Relief Fragment with a Ship Under Sail
ca. 2465–2458 B.C.

Weight equal to five deben, Yellow jasper or opal — Weight equal to five deben
ca. 2649–2100 B.C.

King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure, Gneiss — King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure
ca. 2458–2446 B.C.

Statue of Demedji and Hennutsen, Limestone, paint — Statue of Demedji and Hennutsen
ca. 2465–2438 B.C.

Nikare as a scribe, Granite, paint — Nikare as a scribe
ca. 2420–2389 B.C. or later

Nikare with his Wife and Daughter, Limestone, paint — Nikare with his Wife and Daughter
ca. 2420–2389 B.C. or later

Nursing woman, Limestone, paint traces — Nursing woman
ca. 2420–2389 B.C. or later

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Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and Royal Ontario Museum, eds. 1999. Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams.

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