A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
(1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of
archaeologists. In this 1909 handbook, ranging in coverage from the
prehistoric period to the Roman era, he examines a sample of the
work of Egyptian painters, sculptors and diverse craftsmen,
touching on such topics as statuary, architecture, jewellery,
pottery and textiles. Beginning with a discussion of the
meteorological, religious and political factors that influenced
Egyptian artistic responses, the book contains 140 illustrations of
the most striking works of each period. Many of the featured
artefacts formed part of Petrie's own collection, and over a third
of the photographs had not been previously published. His earlier
lectures on Egyptian Decorative Art (1895), along with many of his
other publications, are also reissued in this series.
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