# A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Author: Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914; Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901; Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 [Translator]

Genre: Category: History - Ancient

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40144

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+History+of+Art+in+Ancient+Egypt%2C+Vol.+1+%28of+2%29+Perrot&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION. § 1. Egypt's place in the History of the World § 2. The Valley of the Nile and its Inhabitants § 3. The Great Divisions of Egyptian History § 4. The Constitution of Egyptian Society--Influence of that Constitution upon Monuments of Art § 5. The Egyptian Religion and its Influence upon the Plastic Arts § 6. That Egyptian Art did not escape the Law of Change, and that its History may therefore be written § 7. Of the place held in this work by the Monuments of the Memphite Period, and of the Limits of our Inquiry

## Chapters

- [chapter XC. of the _Ritual_, which shows us the dead tilling, sowing](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/5/index.md)
- [part iii. p. 136.) This is natural enough. Amen was a Theban](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/10/index.md)
- [part i. pl. 115.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/9/index.md)
- [part i. plates 125, 127, and 128.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-art-in-ancient-egypt-vol-1-of-2-40144/chapters/2/index.md)