Egyptian Drawings
By William H. Peck.
Description
EGYPTIAN DRAW I N GS WILLIAM H. PECK PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN G. ROSS FOREWORD BY CYRIL ALDRED This first full-scale study of ancient Egyptian drawings reveals the significant and varied contributions that drawing made to the world of Egyptian art. Because the Egyptian artist's ideal was the achievement of a timeless reality, not individual artistic expression, preliminary drawings, by their very nature individual and spontaneous, assume a special significance in Egyptian art. Drawing formed the basis upon which the arts of wall painting, temple relief sculpture, and architecture were forme...
ISBN(s)
0525096914, 9780525096917
