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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780195126334
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195126335
ISBN-13
9780195126334
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1092303
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Temples of the Last Pharaohs
Publication Year
1999
Subject
General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
119.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
9.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
99-024117
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"...[a] handsomely produced volume....Late Period architecture...has longneeded such a comprehensive and systematic study....the book will appeal to abroad readership."--Choice, "...[a] handsomely produced volume....Late Period architecture...has long needed such a comprehensive and systematic study....the book will appeal to a broad readership."--Choice
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
726/.1931
Table Of Content
PrefacePart I: The Development of Architecture of the Late Period1. The Last Tamples of the New Kingdom?2. The Third Intermediate Period3. The Kushite Period4. The Saite Period5. The 28th to 30th Dynasty6. The Second Persian Domination and the Macedonian Dynasty7. The Ptolemaic Period8. The Roman PeriodPart II: Late Period Sacred Building Forms9. Wabet10. Pronaos11. Entrance Porches and Kiosks12. Birth Houses13. Cult Terraces14. Columns15. Screen Walls16. Broken Door LintelsPart III: Concluding Remarks on Characteristics of Late Egyptian Temple Architecture17. Stylistic Developments and the Formation of Types18. Archaistic Tendencies19. Divinities Distinguished by New Temples20. Patrons and Builders21. Egyptian Late Period Architecture and Western ArchitectureGlossaryAbbreviationsList of Late Period Temples
Synopsis
It was the great work Description de l'Egypt, published in Paris in 1809-1928, that first drew Western attention to Egyptian art and architecture. Using this work as his primary source, Dieter Arnold has reconstructed and redrawn all of the lost buildings of the Late Period--some in computer assisted images--and redrawn all other available plans. These, along with superb photographs of extant temples dating to Ptolemaic and Roman times, are included in this book on the formal and stylistic development of Egyptian temple architecture. Set against the background of the fascinating struggle of Egyptian culture with Assyrian, Greek, Persian, and Roman instrusion, the study places special emphasis on the survival of Egyptian building elements in Roman and Medieval European architecture. The book includes descriptions of building volume, stylistic evaluations, and foreign connections of the monuments as well as a detailed account of all known building activities from the end of the New Kingdom (c 716 BC) to the end of the Roman period., It was the great work Description de l'Egypt , published in Paris in 1809-1928, that first drew Western attention to Egyptian art and architecture. Using this work as his primary source, Dieter Arnold has reconstructed and redrawn all of the lost buildings of the Late Period--some in computer assisted images--and redrawn all other available plans. These, along with superb photographs of extant temples dating to Ptolemaic and Roman times, are included in this book on the formal and stylistic development of Egyptian temple architecture. Set against the background of the fascinating struggle of Egyptian culture with Assyrian, Greek, Persian, and Roman instrusion, the study places special emphasis on the survival of Egyptian building elements in Roman and Medieval European architecture. The book includes descriptions of building volume, stylistic evaluations, and foreign connections of the monuments as well as a detailed account of all known building activities from the end of the New Kingdom ( c 716 BC) to the end of the Roman period., Why is it that plants do not need to move? How does a nonmotile organism have sex or defend itself? Why are some plants virtually immortal? What is the mechanism that allows plants to exploit a practically inexhaustible extraterrestrial energy source? How do plants regulate the composition of our planet s atmosphere? Why have there not been mass extinctions among plants as there have been among animals? How do plants communicate with one another? In the end, are plants intelligent organisms?These are some of the questions the author discusses to demonstrate that plants are wrongly considered to be simple organisms lacking specific behaviour and intelligence. This book promises to be as pleasant a surprise as Alice s experience in the white rabbit s warren, in which she encountered a world very different from ours. The author explains the biology of plants following Einstein s maxim that a scientist has no right to claim he knows a subject in depth if he cannot explain it to his grandmother.
LC Classification Number
NA215.A75 1999
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- 0***2 (581)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThank you Mark for a great buying experience. I just love the book. You shipped so quickly, and I appreciate that very much. You packaged it very well. It is just pouring rain here and my book is totally dry, due to you taking extra care. It is exactly as described and I am really thrilled to have this piece of history. It is the most I have ever spent on a book and I am so grateful for your kindness. I am so excited to use in my art projects! You are a very nice man. God bless you.
- l***p (2111)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBeautiful book, very fast receipt. Thank you.
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