The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt

by William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Book Overview

This vintage book contains a fascinating exploration of ancient Egyptian arts and crafts, with over one hundred and forty illustrations. This volume is intended to aid in the understanding of Egyptian art, with the most striking works of each period shown in order to contrast the art of the different civilisations. The origins and connections of the art in each age are touched upon, and technical details given, in order to better understand the artifact's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140978391X
• ISBN13: 9781409783916
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Thonssen Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Unexpected, not mad at the price

I'm writing a story with a main character whose home & culture is inspired by Ancient Egypt, so I've been digging into resources to help me gain a better understanding of that time period (and not rely on our Western trends of Ancient Egyptian portrayal & fetishizing) and I was really surprised that this book was even a thing. Without any reviews, I decided that, for a couple bucks, it would be worth it if it turned out to be a good resource. And it definitely is very interesting! The text information is thorough and goes into the history of the different materials and... "genres" (?) of art in Ancient Egypt, however, the pictures in the book are hardly helpful- it seems as though the printer back in '96 could NOT handle printing them and most of them are just a mess of muddy, blacked out images (black "and white"). There are some that I can see *enough* to gain a visual, but for the most part, it's pretty disappointing. But considering that is my only complaint? I'd say overall I'm really pleased with the risk- it was worth it! Art is such an important part of culture, and the fact that I now have a resource to help me build my visual settings and designs is exciting! I wouldn't recommend this book to just anyone- it reads like a casual academic text. So unless you're doing research for a project, or are an Ancient Egypt nut, there are other books on this site alone that have a much more casual-friendly pace and layout with beautiful, colored illustrations and pictures.