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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Divine Egypt
72.95 USD
Met Museum publications make great gifts for art lovers. Edited by Diana Craig Patch and Brendan Hainline Ancient Egyptian religious practice flourished across millennia and encompassed a staggering array of gods, goddesses, and other divine beings. This publication outlines the rich iconography used to represent Egyptian deities -from the stately falcon-headed Horus, associated with power and kingship, to the fearsome lion-headed Sakhmet-and explores how these representations evolved alongside the roles of the gods themselves. Illustrated with more than 300 exceptional works of art, including statuary, figurines, jewelry, animal mummies, and coffins, Divine Egypt examines the expansive set of features used to symbolize more than 20 deities and their variations while also familiarizing readers with the meaning and cultural significance of each figure. World-renowned scholars explain how the ancient Egyptians recognized and understood divine images and the otherworldly nature of their gods. Essential reading for lovers of Egyptian art, this book enriches our understanding of not only the deities of ancient Egypt but also the lives of all strata of ancient Egyptian society. Diana Craig Patch is the Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of the Department of Egyptian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Brendan Hainline is Research Associate in the Department of Egyptian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Man Ray: When Objects Dream
72.95 USD
Met Museum publications make perfect gifts for art lovers. By Stephanie D'Alessandro and Stephen C. Pinson This is the first in-depth study of the rayograph (or camera-less photograph) pioneered by Man Ray (1890-1976) in 1920s Paris, between the Dada and Surrealist movements. The transformative, magical qualities of these experiments led the poet Tristan Tzara to describe them as capturing moments "when objects dream." Oscillating between representation and abstraction, the rayograph was ambiguous in its making and subject matter, encapsulating avant-garde concerns of the day. This book highlights connections and shared motifs between the rayographs and Man Ray's paintings, photographs, drawings, objects, and films. Stephanie D'Alessandro and Stephen C. Pinson analyze the artist's innovative methods while also exploring key themes across a broad range of his art production, such as chance, indeterminacy, transformation, and preoccupation with dualities. Stephanie D'Alessandro is the Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Senior Research Coordinator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stephen Pinson is a Curator in the Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025