Egyptomania : the Egyptian revival, a recurring theme in the history of taste / James Stevens Curl
1994, First Edition. Manchester [England] ; New York New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #478020
ISBN: 0719041260
Physical description: xxii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Contents: Egypt and Europe -- Some manifestations of Egyptianisms from the end of the Roman Empire to the Early-Renaissance period -- Further manifestations with Egyptian connotations in Europe from the Renaissance to the beginning of the seventeenth century -- Egyptian elements in seventeenth- and 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 -- Applications of the Egyptian style -- The Egyptian revival in funerary architecture -- Aspects of the Egyptians revival in the later part of the nineteenth century. Subject: Civilization, Western Egyptian influences.
Price: €125.00