Thinking About You

JOHN SANDFORD

Lise Manniche

JAMES,HENRY

Upton, Sinclair

Ted Willis

T.S.Eliot

Roger E. Stoddard

Robert Henry Thouless

Bruce E. American Legal Foundation. Fein

Arthur Stanley. Catton, William Bruce, Link

Elizabeth Chesley Baity

Bancroft-whitney Company

California. Deering

Joshua Lee Benson, Adolph B.

Juhlin-dannfelt, Matts, Deen

Arista

City of the Dead

Religion & Spirituality

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

British Museum Press

The art of modern fragrance-making owes much to practices developed in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians attached great importance to perfumes and cosmetics, which men and women wore to make themselves attractive and alluring, to restore vitality and good health, and as a means of venerating the gods and of negotiating a passage to the realm of the hereafter. In this lavishly illustrated, oversized book, Lise Manniche looks at the role played by scents and cosmetics in ancient Egyptian society and discusses their preparation―in some cases providing actual recipes.Manniche details three categories of ingredients used by the Egyptians to make fragrances: plants, including cardamom, cinnamon, saffron, and mint; gums and resins, particularly myrrh and frankincense; and oils and fats ranging from almond oil to ox fat. "In order [for a scent] to achieve fame," Manniche writes, "the finished product had to have an aura of rarity, of exclusiveness, and of the divine. The more exotic the ingredients, the more valued the commodity; the more exquisite its presentation, the greater the appeal. In this way, the visual and olfactory arts combined to make small objects of the greatest luxury appreciated not only in Egypt, but all over the ancient world."Drawing on Arabic and other sources, Manniche explores the application of perfumes in ritual and on social occasions, and examines the erotic connotations of scent in Egyptian art and poetry. Fragrant remedies, the central element in ancient medicine, are fully discussed. Finally, she investigates the widespread use of cosmetics, as revealed in wall paintings and painted sculptures. The book features a hundred color photographs, taken by Werner Forman, of objects in the world's most celebrated museum collections. Exquisite cosmetic containers in the form of birds and animals, reliefs representing kings and priests perfuming images of deities, and lifelike mummy masks displaying make-up are among the images represented.During the past decade, the West has seen a revival of traditional skills, particularly in the areas of spirituality and healing. This stunning book introduces an abundance of once highly prized skills to be reacquired and ancient products to be sampled anew.

Sacred Luxuries: Fragrance, Aromatherapy and Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Opus

Sexual Life in Ancient Egypt

Taylor&Francis

<p>Egyptian art of high artistic merit is represented in several collections in Denmark: the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, the National Museum, and Thorvaldsens Museum with additional objects in Ordrupgaard and the Carsten Niebuhr Institute. This book presents sculpture, reliefs, wall-paintings, as well as arts and crafts, together for the first time, revealing Copenhagen to be an important base for the study of the civilisation of ancient Egypt. The book contains more than 100 llustrations in color.</p>

Egyptian Art in Denmark

Gyldendal

<p>Some of the most fascinating sculptures to have survived from ancient Egypt are the colossal statues of Akhenaten, erected at the beginning of his reign in his new temple to the Aten at Karnak. Fragments of more than thirty statues are now known, showing the paradoxical features combining male and female, young and aged, characteristic of representations of this king. Did he look like this in real life? Or was his iconography skilfully devised to mirror his concept of his role in the universe? The author presents the history of the discovery of the statue fragments from 1925 to the present day; the profusion of opinions on the appearance of the king and his alleged medical conditions; and the various suggestions for an interpretation of the perplexing evidence. A complete catalog of all major fragments is included, as well as many pictures not previously published.</p>

The Akhenaten Colossi of Karnak

The American University in Cairo Press

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