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Associated to Place: Per Ankh - The Library at the Temple of Isis, > articles -- by * Mirjam Nebet (118 Articles), General Article
It is never easy to single out a certain theme and adress that one only. Everything in ancient Egypt was intimately linked together, even architecture. Art was found everywhere and it took its cue from religious themes. Symbolism was found in all aspect of society. Here are a few books which try to approach art and architecture in a more direct way, though you will notice much else is needs included:

Egyptian Art - Cyril Aldred
Thames & Hudson, London 1980 ISBN0-500-20180-3

Temples of the Last Pharaohs - Dieter Arnold
Oxford University Press 1999 ISBN 0-19-512633-5

The Complete Pyramids - Mark Lehner
Thames & Hudson 1997 ISBN 0-500-05084-8

Atlas of Egyptian Art - Emile Prisse dīAvennes
The American University in Cairo Press 1997 ISBN 997 424 427 3

Egyptian Painting and Relief - Gay Robins
Shire Egyptology 1990 ISBN 0-85263-789-6

Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art - Richard H. Wilkinson
Thames & Hudson, 1994 ISBN0-500-23663-1

Reading Egyptian Art - Richard H. Wilkinson
Thames & Hudson, 1992 ISBN 91-37-103-82-2

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