Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven

women in ancient Egypt

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Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven

women in ancient Egypt

1st ed.
  • 2 Want to read

Masterpieces of Egyptian art dating from 3000 to 300 B.C. have been brought together from great American museum and private collections to illuminate the role of women in ancient Egyptian society. This magnificent volume explores the full spectrum of women's lives and pursuits through three millennia of history.

The dazzling centerpiece of Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven is devoted to more than one hundred objects assembled for the accompanying exhibition, organized by the Cincinnati Art Museum and shown also at the Brooklyn Museum. The exhibition was curated, and this volume edited, by Glenn Markoe, Curator of Classical and Near Eastern Art at Cincinnati, and Anne K. Capel, Guest Curator.

Here are prime examples of stone and wood sculpture; wall painting; statuettes in bronze, terracotta, and faience; a mummy case; a painted and gilded wood coffin; jewelry in gold, stone and faience; and vessels and utensils in bronze, glass, and stone. Organized into sections devoted to Public and Private Lives, Female Royalty, Goddesses, and Afterlife, most are reproduced in full color, and all are accompanied by individual essays.

The reader's understanding is further enriched by the inclusion of a chronology, map, bibliography, and index.

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Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: women in ancient Egypt
1996, Hudson Hills Press in association with Cincinnati Art Museum, Distributed in the USA, its territories and possessions, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America by National Book Network
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven
Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt
June 1996, Cincinnati Art Museum, Hudson Hills Press in association with Cincinnati Art Museum, Distributed in the USA, its territories and possessions, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America by National Book Network
Paperback in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index.
Exhibition catalog.
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 20, 1996 through January 5, 1997, and also appearing at The Brooklyn Museum (February 21 through May 18, 1997)"--T.p. verso.

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New York, [Lanham, MD]

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
704.9/424/093207477178
Library of Congress
N5335.C56 C566 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
235 p. :
Number of pages
235

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL972519M
Internet Archive
mistressofhousem00cape
ISBN 10
1555951295, 1555951309
LCCN
96009376
Library Thing
751590
Goodreads
2266071
7124726

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