Joyce Tyldesley: Nefertiti's Face

Um unseren Shop nutzen zu können, müssen Sie Javascript in Ihrem Browser aktivieren.

Cover: 9781781250518 | Nefertiti's Face | The Creation of an Icon | Joyce Tyldesley | Buch

Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.

Sprache: Englisch

16,35 €*

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Sie können kein Produkt in den Warenkorb legen, da Javascript und technisch notwendige Cookies aktiviert sein müssen.

Kategorien:

Der Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache verfasst.
Die Sprache der Produktbeschreibung und Details kann in Englisch angegeben sein. Sollten Sie Verständnisprobleme haben, wenden Sie sich gerne an uns.

Beschreibung

More than three thousand years ago a sculptor working in the royal city of Amarna carved a limestone bust of an Egyptian queen. The queen was Nefertiti, consort of the 'heretic pharaoh' Akhenaten. Plastered and painted, Nefertiti's bust depicted an extraordinarily beautiful woman. However, Akhenaten's reign was drawing to an end, and the royal family was soon to be written out of Egypt's official history. Not long after its creation the stone Nefertiti was locked in a storeroom and forgotten. In 1912 the bust was re-discovered and transported to Germany. Initially hidden from the public view, the beautiful queen was eventually displayed in Berlin Museum. Instantly, she became an ancient world celebrity. Egypt has yielded more than its fair share of artistic masterpieces, but no other sculpture has so successfully bridged the gap between the ancient and modern worlds. The timeless beauty of the Nefertiti bust both attracts us and sparks our imagination, but in so doing it obscures our view of the past, shifting attention not only from the other members of the Amarna court, but also from other, equally valid, representations of Nefertiti herself. In this book Joyce Tyldesley explores the creation of a cultural icon, from its ancient origins to its modern context: its discovery, its display, and its dual role as a political pawn and artistic inspiration.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	240
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781781250518
ISBN-10:	1781250510
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Tyldesley, Joyce
Hersteller:	Profile Books
Maße:	198 x 128 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Joyce Tyldesley
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.01.2020
Gewicht:	0,222 kg

Ähnliche Produkte