Diana Craig Patch
Dawn of Egyptian Art.
New York/New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Yale University Press, 2011. 9780300179521 xii/256 pages.
Large-format hardcover volume, measuring approximately 9.5" x 10.5", is, together with dust jacket, new, still in shrinkwrap.
"With illustrations of more than 170 objects created from about 4000 to 2650 BC, this title explores the origins and early development of the culture of ancient Egypt while discussing the representation of the self and the universe, the relationship between image and writing, and the early Egyptians' evolving view of how the world worked."