Ancient Egypt has always been an endless source of fascination and inspiration. Drawing on the exceptional holdings of Egyptian antiquities from The Brooklyn Museum, The Art of Ancient Egypt covers more than four millennia of Egyptian history while exploring the most intriguing themes surrounding ancient Egyptian artifacts.
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Congressional reauthorization of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) in 1989-1991 provided the battleground. At the center were two NEA-supported exhibits: Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment , which includes explicit homoerotic photographs, and Andres Serrano's Piss Christ , a photograph of a plastic crucifix immersed in the artist's own urine. Congressional testimony, mass mailing pieces, legal decisions, articles, and editorials were the weapons used by artists, legislators, critics, lawyers, and fundamentalist leaders to voice their impassioned, divisive, and sometimes deeply disturbing beliefs in the most recent battle to maintain our essential rights to freedom of speech and cultural expression without censorship or legislative control. Although Bolton casts a critical eye on these events, which became a "battle for power between . . . the cultural elite and the religious conservative elite," these documents provide an eye-opening insight into the social, political, and religious power structures that attempt to control American culture. Highly recommended.
- Jacqueline Adams, Carroll Cty. P.L., Westminster, Md.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Jacqueline Adams, Carroll Cty. P.L., Westminster, Md.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This is publication of very specialized nature,
By M Elfath (Norfolk, Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Ancient Egypt: A Portfolio : Masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum (The New Press Portfolio Series) (Paperback)
This is neither a book nor a catalogue of the Brooklyn museum collection. This publication consist of 24 color plates of the highlights of the Brooklyn museum collection accompanied by a small booklet with comments on each piece. It is of limited use to the general reader. You can have a much more information about ancient Egypt from other books of the same price range that cotain a lot more color photos of ancient Egyptian Objects. The format does not make it easy to read and access. This a very specialized publication that may be of use to someone who is studying Ancient Egypt and need to know the best of the Brooklyn museum collection in details.
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