2 Personifications of the Nile Valley (left) and a temple estate presenting their produce as offerings at the ‘Red Chapel’ of the female king Hatshepsut (see p. 222).
Contents
‘Giving Stone to Its Lord’: Offerings and Monuments
‘See My Perfection, My Son’: Offerings and the King
‘The Risen Earth’: Creation in Art and Architecture
‘All the Craftsmanship Was Under My Attention’: The Artists
‘Rejoicing in the Perfect Monument’: The Artists at Work
‘A Gateway to the Far Side of the Sky’: The Principles of Art
‘For Your Spirit – Have the Perfect Day’: The Canon of the Human Figure
‘The First Instance’: The Earliest Art of Pharaonic Egypt
‘Stride Perfected on Perfect Paths’: The Noble Offering Cult
‘I Was The One Who Opened Up This Area’: A Study in Change: The First Intermediate Period
‘She Who is Facing Her Lord’: The Tombs and Temples of Thebes
‘You Create the World As You Will in Your Uniqueness’: Two More Studies in Change
‘I Drove Away the Killers’: Service to Others
‘A Perfect Joy to Look At’: The Significance of the Minor Arts
‘I Shall Bring No More Offerings For You’: The Latest Art of Pharaonic Egypt
2 Personifications of the Nile Valley (left) and a temple estate presenting their produce as offerings at the ‘Red Chapel’ of the female king Hatshepsut (see p. 222).