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Principles of Egyptian Art: Heinrich Schafer

translated by John Baines

This classic work discusses representations in Egyptian painting, sculpture and reliefs, assessing how objects and figures are represented in two dimensions, introducing the idea of "conceptual" and "perceptual" art. Translated from the German by John Baines, who has revised the text and illustrations to take account of recent research. 470p, 109 b/w pls, 330 figs (Griffith Institute 1986, Engl edn 1974, rep 2002)

Biographical note

John Baines is Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford. His other work is Fecundity Figures.

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