May 24, 2012
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The Dawn of Egyptian Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
(at 82nd Street)
New York, NY 10028
Tel: (212) 535-7710
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Admissions are suggested donation.
Dates
Tues, April 10, 2012 – Sun, Aug 5, 2012Hours
Tues – Thurs, Sun: 9:30 am – 5:30 pmFri, Sat: 9:30 am – 9 pm
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
During the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods (ca. 4000-2650 B.C.), people living in the Nile Valley began recording their beliefs through paintings, sculptures and reliefs made for their shrines and tombs.
These works of art capture the evolving world view of these early Egyptians. Images of people, animals and landscapes—some of which give rise to hieroglyphs—include forms and iconography that remained in use throughout the art of Pharaonic Egypt.
This exhibition brings together some 175 objects gathered from the Metropolitan Museum's important collection of early art and from the collections of 12 other museums in the U.S. and Europe to illustrate the origins and early development of ancient Egyptian art.
- Directions: Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street
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Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated in 1870 and moved to its present location in Central Park in 1880. It houses an encyclopedic collection of art objects from virtually all periods and continents.
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