Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh is the catalogue published in conjunction with the popular special exhibition at the M.H. de Young Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Kimbell Art Museum in 2005-06. The scholarly text, divided into six main sections with individual chapters, is devoted to the artistic achievements of New Kingdom Egypt during the age of the controversial monarch.
Through magnificent examples of sculpture, reliefs, exceptionally crafted jewelry, ceremonial objects and those of everyday use, Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh poignantly describes the artistic innovations of Egypt’s Early 18th Dynasty. Despite the damnatio memoriae that her unconventional pharaonic images suffered after her death, their resurrection and reassembly by diligent scholars have allowed us to recognize and fully admire the diverse and splendid achievements that marked Hatshepsut’s reign. This highly readable volume remains the authoritative text on ancient Egyptian art from the age of this ruler.
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Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh is the catalogue published in conjunction with the popular special exhibition at the M.H. de Young Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Kimbell Art Museum in 2005-06. The scholarly text, divided into six main sections with individual chapters, is devoted to the artistic achievements of New Kingdom Egypt during the age of the controversial monarch.
