Art HistoryBook · 1997
The Art of Ancient Egypt
Gay Robins
Robins explains the conventions as a system for showing what is permanently true about a body rather than what an eye happens to see.
Why you should read this
Robins's survey is a standard university text on Egyptian art, working through the conventions of representation, proportion, and symbolism that governed a tradition lasting three thousand years. Best for readers who want the underlying visual rules explained rather than a chronological tour of famous objects.
- Field
- Art History
- Form
- Non-fiction
- Published
- 1997
- Themes
- Art History
