{"product_id":"9780600552772-secondhand-egyptian-art-drawings-paintings","title":"Egyptian Art: Drawings \u0026 Paintings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew civilisations have left behind a visual legacy as breathtaking and enduring as that of ancient Egypt, and Egyptian Art: Drawings \u0026amp; Paintings presents this magnificent tradition with both scholarly authority and stunning visual richness. Hannelore Kischkewitz, a distinguished Egyptologist, chronicles the remarkable breadth of Egyptian two-dimensional art — from the intimate vignettes of papyrus scrolls to the monumental wall paintings of royal tombs — illuminating the religious, social, and aesthetic principles that governed their creation across three millennia. Accompanied by the celebrated photography of Werner Forman, whose lens captures the vivid pigments and extraordinary detail of works that have survived thousands of years, the volume stands as a definitive visual document of one of humanity's greatest artistic traditions.\n\nKischkewitz argues persuasively that Egyptian drawing and painting were never merely decorative, but formed an integral part of a complex symbolic language designed to serve the living and the dead alike. Her prose is precise and authoritative, guiding the reader through the conventions of Egyptian pictorial art — the canonical proportions, the hierarchical scaling, the symbolic use of colour — while Forman's photographs lend an immediacy that makes these ancient masterworks feel startlingly alive. For collectors, students, and lovers of art history alike, this is an indispensable volume that leaves one wondering what other secrets still lie sealed within Egypt's painted walls.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203112116443,"sku":"9780600552772-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ed62363f-2971-4208-a8a8-5b0893f045c6.png?v=1788144082","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780600552772-secondhand-egyptian-art-drawings-paintings","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}