The Egyptian revival : ancient Egypt as the inspiration for design motifs in the west / James Stevens Curl.

Rev. and enl. ed. of: Egyptomania. 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-532) 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 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.

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Professor Curl's magisterial survey is a definitive account of the ways in which artists and especially architects have brought Egyptian forms and images into the public eye.

English.

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