Over 400 images of papyrus, sun god Re, lotus, scarabs, plant scrolls, many other authentic motifs. Notes. Captions.

371 illustrations adapted from Egyptian sources, depicting gods and pharaohs, priests and priestesses, ordinary people, plants and animals, scenes of state occasion, battle, funerary custom, domestic life, and more.

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dawn of Egyptian Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from April 10 to August 5, 2012"--T.p. verso.

This book presents over 100 striking images from ancient Egypt - winged gazelle, gods and goddesses, a royal headdress, a column adorned with lotus and papyrus motifs, a sphinx, royal barge, hieroglyphic symbols, borders containing human figures and floral designs, a musician, real and mythical winged creatures, a mummy case, a scarab beetle, and more. Instructions for creating designs on fabric, wood, leather, and other surfaces that absorb ink.

A rich source of ideas and inspiration for all craftspeople and artists, the designs in this title can be used as stencil or embroidery patterns, stationery designs, furniture decoration, glass painting guides or whatever the imagination chooses.

Gods and Pharaohs, priests and ordinary folk, plants, animals, and other elements of ancient Egyptian life appear in illustrations depicting state occasions, battles, funerary customs, and domestic settings. Meticulously adapted from authentic murals, pottery, jewelry, and other sources, the opulent display of royalty-free designs reveals the beauty and exotic appeal of Egyptian art from the time of the Pharaohs. Artists and craftworkers will welcome this rich treasury for its many practical uses. Students of Egyptian art and culture will value the images for their accurate portrayal of life from a bygone civilization.

Gold glints from the tomb of Tutankhamen ? gold and the thousand shades of the Nile lotus. These 39 authentic pictures are designs taken from Tut's tomb and other shrines in Thebes, from the 18th?20th Dynasties (c. 1567?1085 B.C.) as rendered by noted designer Ed Sibbett, Jr. They can be colored in the manner of the Egyptian painters (as on the covers) or any way your imagination suggests. Some of these motifs, taken from tomb ceilings, murals, wood sculpture, vases, and papyrus paintings, have been featured in the traveling Tutankhamen exhibit. Motifs include the winged Isis, Osiris, Buto the Cobra-goddess, various Pharaohs, scarabs, and animal deities; scenes of daily life (hunting, boating, banqueting, masters, and servants), and decorative ornament ? lotus, ibis, falcon, lion, snake, barbarian. Identifying captions with historical information accompany each drawing, and a brief introduction and glossary of gods complete this coloring book, a fine source of ancient Egyptian pictorial design, and a pleasure to color in any medium.