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The Art of Ancient Egypt: Revised Edition

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This turned out to be exactly what I was looking for which was a basic explanation of Egyptian art. It is extremely well orgainzed and is not written in a dense fashion. The illustrations/photos of art have good, lengthy explanations next to them- telling you exactly what you are looking at, not just "wall painting from tomb". I really wish all art history books were this well written, lushly illustrated and frankly, affordable.

This book is a classic, plain and simple. Robins is the leading (living) expert on Egyptian art, and her introduction to it in this lavishly illustrated volume is the most up-to-date source out there. Other classics (for instance, William Stevenson Smith's volume) are perhaps more thorough, but they are also so old as to border on antiquated at this point.

This book is written for a laymen to understand and the imagery in this book is fabulous! I can't think of a page that doesn't show at least some images of Egyptian Art. Definitely worth the money.

Robins provides a wide range of information in an easy to read format. She has extensive captions for each image that provides greater detail.

When I ordered this book I was a bit worried it won't be what I want. I was designing a project (Egyptian Style). I was so happy when it arrived. It has both the history facts & the brilliant photos. It is far more worth what I paid for.
I love this book.

very nice book; I ordered the book and i recived it in few days, very good job amazon and thank you very much.
I'll buy more books in the future from you