Egyptian Painting and Relief by Robins, Gay - 2008

Paperback. Very Good.

Bloomsbury Publishing USA. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Shire, 2008-10-21. Paperback. Good.

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications Ltd, 1990. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with slightly marked front cover, minor sunning and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Concise illustrated account of the paintings of Ancient Egypt.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.25 x 6 inches.

Shire Books, 2008. New book, 64 pages. The artists of Ancient Egypt reached a level of sophistication and technical mastery unsurpassed by other early peoples. They perfected a style which was less naturalistic than that later employed by the Greeks and Romans but which is particularly fascinating to the modern eye because of its combination of realistic and symbolic elements. This book aims to help the reader to such an understanding, concentrating particularly on points that may puzzle the modern western viewer. The principles of representation underlying Egyptian art, which differ fundamentally from western conventions rooted in perspective, are elucidated and the materials and methods used by the artists described. Of great importance was the technique of drawing a squared grid over the surface to be decorated, and the use of this grid system as an aid for obtaining correct proportions is explained, together with its influence on the composition of whole scenes. A chapter is devoted to the… Read More

Princes Risborough: Shire Egyptology, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 210mm Tall, 8vo. 57 Illustrations. Index. Several numbers written at top corner of inside front cover. .

Shire Egyptology, 1986. Softcover. Good. Original wrappers, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.

Aylesbury, Shire Publications, 1990. Softcover. Good. Shire Egyptology 3.

Aylesbury, Bucks, UK : Shire Publications, 2008. First Edition, reprint. Softcover. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Shire Egyptology ; 3. Physical description; 64 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 62) and index. Subjects; Art, Egyptian. Art, Ancient Egypt. Painting, Egyptian. Antiquities. Art, Ancient. Art, Egyptian. Painting, Egyptian. Relief (Sculpture) Egypt. Art, Ancient Egypt. Art, Egyptian. Art, Ancient Egypt. Art, Egyptian. Painting. Art. Visual Arts. Egyptology. Art, Egyptian. Egypt Antiquities. Egypt. Egypt Antiquities. Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptian visual arts. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.