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The Egyptian Revival : Ancient Egypt As the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West (2005)

Curl, James Stevens

Oxford : Taylor and Francis Group

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Format: 1 online resource (609 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780203011959

Content: Completely updated and expanded, this beautifully illustrated third edition draws on a wealth of sources to chart the influence and persistence of Ancient Egyptian design in the West over the last two thousand years

Note: Cover -- THE EGYPTIAN REVIVAL: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Argument -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER I Egypt and Europe -- The Idea of Egypt in the European Mind -- The Isiac Religion -- The Absorption of Egyptian Religion into the Græco-Roman World -- Obelisks -- The Isæum Campense -- Pyramids -- Epilogue -- CHAPTER II Some Manifestations of Egyptianisms from the Time of Trajan to the Early Renaissance Period -- Introduction -- The Villa Adriana at Tivoli -- Egypt, Rome, and the Emperors -- The Reality of Egypt in Recession -- The Transformation of Isis -- The Proto-Revival and the Survival of Egyptian and Egyptianising Artefacts -- CHAPTER III Further Manifestations with Egyptian Connotations in Europe from the Renaissance to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century -- The Mensa Isiaca -- Records and Drawings -- Egyptianisms in Design -- The Hermetic Tradition -- Some Manifestations of Egyptiana -- Travellers and Speculators -- Bernini -- The French Connection -- CHAPTER IV Egyptian Elements in Eighteenth- Century Europe to the Time of Piranesi -- Explorers of the Eighteenth Century -- Further Baroque Themes -- The Search for Stereometrical Purity -- The Individual Contribution of Giovanni Battista Piranesi -- The Legacy of Piranesi -- CHAPTER V The Egyptian Revival from the Time of Piranesi until the Napoleonic Campaigns in Egypt -- Introduction -- The Tomb and Egyptianising Forms -- Egyptianisms in Design before the Impact of Denon and the Description -- The Invasion -- CHAPTER VI The Egyptian Revival after the Napoleonic Campaigns in Egypt -- Introduction -- Denon -- Thomas Hope and the Neo-Classical Use of Egyptianisms -- The Description and the Glorification of Napoléon -- Freemasonry , Furniture Design, and Other Egyptianising Manifestations -- CHAPTER VII Applications of the Egyptian Style -- Introduction: Die Zauberflöte -- Stage-Designs and Mozart -- The Commercial Picturesque and the Adoption of Egyptian Forms -- Other Egyptianising Designs -- CHAPTER VIII The Egyptian Revival in Funerary Architecture -- Introduction -- Funerary Exemplars -- The New Cemeteries -- Pugin -- Commemorative Egyptianisms -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER IX Aspects of the Egyptian Revival in the Later Part of the Nineteenth Century -- Introduction -- Travellers and Scholars -- The Egyptian Revival in the Hands of Serious Egyptologists -- The Individual Contribution of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson -- The Victorian Vision of Egypt -- Eclecticism and Design -- CHAPTER X The Egyptian Revival in the Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- Egyptianising Architecture from 1900 to 1922 -- Tutankhamun and Art-Déco -- Later Developments -- Epilogue -- CHAPTER XI A Postscript -- Introduction -- The Longevity of Nilotic Themes -- Afterword -- SELECT GLOSSARY -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Additional Edition: Print version Curl, James Stevens The Egyptian Revival Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2005 ISBN 9780415361194

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books

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The Egyptian revival : ancient Egypt as the inspiration for design motifs in the west (2005)

Curl, James Stevens, 1937- ; Curl, James Stevens, 1937-

Abingdon [England] ; : Routledge,

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Format: 1 online resource (609 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-134-23467-8 , 1-299-45807-6 , 1-134-23468-6 , 1-280-37720-8 , 9786610377206 , 0-203-01195-3

Content: In this beautifully illustrated and closely argued book, a completely updated and much expanded third edition of his magisterial survey, Curl describes in lively and stimulating prose the numerous revivals of the Egyptian style from Antiquity to the present day. Drawing on a wealth of sources, his pioneering and definitive work analyzes the remarkable and persistent influence of Ancient Egyptian culture on the West.The author deftly develops his argument that the civilization of Ancient Egypt is central, rather than peripheral, to the development of much of Western architecture, art,

Note: Rev. and enl. ed. of: Egyptomania. 1994. , Egypt and Europe -- Some manifestations of Egyptianisms from the time of Trajan to the early Renaissance period -- Further manifestations with Egyptian connotations in Europe from the Renaissance to the beginning of the eighteenth century -- Egyptian elements in eighteenth-century Europe to the time of Piranesi -- The Egyptian revival from the time of Piranesi until the Napoleonic campaigns in Egypt -- The Egyptian revival after the Napoleonic campaigns in Egypt -- Application of the Egyptian style -- The Egyptian revival in funerary architecture -- Aspects of the Egyptian revival in the later part of the nineteenth century -- The Egyptian revival in the twentieth century -- A postscript. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-36118-4

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-36119-2

Language: English

DOI: 10.4324/9780203011959

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