Curl, James Stevens, 1937-

The Egyptian revival ancient egypt as the inspiration for design motifs in the west / [Book :] James Stevens Curl. - 1st ed. - New York : Routledge, 2005. - xxxvi, 572 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24cm.

Rev. and enl. ed. of: Egyptomania. 1994. Includes bibliographical references and index. .

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 the 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.

All age.

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Egyptian revival (Art).
Egyptian revival (Architecture).

N6351.2.E39 / C87 2005

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