TY - BOOK ID - 85473316 TI - The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt PY - 1909 SN - 1107325277 1108065775 PB - Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Art, Egyptian. KW - Handicraft KW - Art, Ancient. KW - Crafts (Handicrafts) KW - Handcraft KW - Occupations KW - Decorative arts KW - Manual training KW - Sloyd KW - Egyptian art KW - Egypt KW - Antiquities. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85473316 AB - 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. ER -