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- Title
- Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing Architecture (Encounters with Ancie
- ISBN
- 9781844720064
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
1844720063
ISBN-13
9781844720064
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2705596
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
340 Pages
Publication Name
Imhotep Today : Egyptianizing Architecture
Language
English
Subject
General, Ancient / Egypt, Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt)
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, History
Series
Old Series-Do Not Use Encounters with Ancient Egypt Ser.
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
28.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2004-272364
Reviews
'the series is well organized, informative and comprehensive. Through careful analysis of a multiplicity of sources at hand, the authors, who come from a great variety of disciplines, have presented us with a series that is at once substantial as well as engaging and innovative. An extraordinary work of synthesis, the series promises to endure as an important contribution to the study of Ancient Egypt.' - Professor Ronald J Leprohon, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilisation, University of Toronto. 'The final group comprises two books. Consuming Ancient Egypt and Impotep Today: Egyptianizing Architecture. The first is a departure from traditional Egyptology territory but a welcome one. Here we find papers dealing with "Mummymania" for the masses - is Egyptology cursed by the mummy's curse?" (by Carter Lupton). Similarly, El Daly asks "what do tourists learn of Egypt?" giving insight into the "tourist experience" - which is not, perhaps, the one that most Egyptologists would like to take away from the country.Imhotep Today is an excellent companion to Consuming Ancient Egypt and looks at Egyptianising architecture across the world. This is architecture in its wildest sense, not only are buildings but in art, as described by Helen Whitehouse in her "Archaeology wedded to art: Egyptian architecture in 19th century painting". The same author examines "Egypt in the snow", that is the Egyptianising architecture of St Petersburg: a reminder of just how influential the post-Napoleonic rediscovery of ancient Egypt was.'Times Higher Educational Supplement, 17 December 2004
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
724
Table Of Content
The Egyptianizing Pyramid from the 18th to the 20th Century: a form of multicultural revival; Wedding Archaeology to Art: Egyptian architechture in 19th century painting; Egypt in Paris: 19th century monuments and motifs; Some Egyptianizing Monuments in London; Neo-Egyptian Garden Ornaments in Florence during the 19th Century; Hunting for Egypt: Egypt and the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition; Egyptomania and American Archaeology; Egyptianizing Motifs in South African Architecture and Literature?; Victorian Australia and Ancient Egypt; Egyptomania in the New World: architecture and art in Brazil; Rebuilding the Sanctuaries of Memphis: Egypt in Masonic architecture; Egyptomania and Death during the 19th and 20th Centuries,or the Appropriation of a Myth; Egyptianizing the Alexandrina: the contemporary revival of the ancient Mouseion/Library.
Synopsis
The discipline of Egyptology has been criticised for being too insular, with little awareness of the development of archaeologies elsewhere. It has remained theoretically underdeveloped. For example the role of Ancient Egypt within Africa has rarely been considered jointly by Egyptologists and Africanists. Egypt's own view of itself has been neglected; views of it in the ancient past, in more recent times and today have remained underexposed. these issues. The books interrelate, inform and illuminate one another and will appeal to a wide market including academics, students and the general public interested in Archaeology, Egyptology, Anthropology, Architecture, Design and History. ancient Egyptian architecture in modern times. It traces the use of ancient Egyptian motifs and constructions across the world, from Australia, the Americas and Southern Africa to Western Europe. It also inquires into the cultural, economic and social contexts of this practice. analyses of thorny questions such as: what was it about Ancient Egypt that inspired such Egyptianizing monuments, and was it just one idea, or several different ones which formed the basis of such activities? The book also asks why only certain images, such as obelisks and sphinxes, were incorporated within the movement. The contributors explore how these 'monuments' fitted into the local architecture of the time and, in this context, they investigate whether 'Egyptianizing architecture' is an ongoing movement and, if so, how it differs from earlier, similar activities., The discipline of Egyptology has been criticised for being too insular,with little awareness of the development of archaeologies elsewhere. It has remained theoretically underdeveloped. For example the role of Ancient Egypt within Africa has rarely been considered jointly by Egyptologists and Africanists. Egypt's own view of itself has been neglected; views of it in the ancient past, in more recent times and today have remained underexposed. Encounters with Ancient Egyptis a series of eight books which addresses these issues. The books interrelate, inform and illuminate one another and will appeal to a wide market including academics, students and the general public interested in Archaeology, Egyptology, Anthropology, Architecture, Design and History. This book presents and analyses the results of the use and adaptation of ancient Egyptian architecture in modern times. It traces the use of ancient Egyptian motifs and constructions across the world, from Australia, the Americas and Southern Africa to Western Europe. It also inquires into the cultural, economic and social contexts of this practice. Imhotep Todayis exceptional not only in its global coverage, but in its analyses of thorny questions such as: what was it about Ancient Egypt that inspired such Egyptianizing monuments, and was it just one idea, or several different ones which formed the basis of such activities? The book also asks why only certain images, such as obelisks and sphinxes, were incorporated within the movement. The contributors explore how these 'monuments' fitted into the local architecture of the time and, in this context, they investigate whether 'Egyptianizing architecture' is an ongoing movement and, if so, how it differs from earlier, similar activities., This book presents and analyses the results of the use and adaptation of Ancient Egyptian architecture in modern times. It traces the use of Ancient Egyptian motifs and constructions across the world, from Australia, the Americas and Southern Africa to Western Europe.
LC Classification Number
DT74-107.87DT43-154
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