Egypt in the age of the pyramids: highlights from the Harvard University - Museum o…
by Markowitz, Yvonne J., Cincinnati Art Museum, Freed, Rita E., Haynes, Joyce L., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Exhibition Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids, Highlights from the Harvard University - Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. <2002 - 2003, Cincinnati, Ohio; Memphis, Tenn.>
Few figures in history evoke the curiosity or command the attention that Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Tutankhamen do. Pharaoh Akhenaten founded the city of Amarna 3,500 years ago. In this volume the fascinating Amarna Period of ancient Egypt comes to life through more than 250 beau…
""A new, imperishable beauty," was how the artist and architect Henry van de Velde described it. European Art Nouveau jewelry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries embraced a new aesthetic characterized by sensuous forms, dramatic imagery and vivid symbolism. Many…