Beschreibung:
Completely updated and expanded, this beautifully illustrated third edition draws on a wealth of sources to chart the influence and persistence of Ancient Egyptian design in the West over the last two thousand years.
Chapter 1 Egypt and Europe; Chapter 2 Some Manifestations of Egyptianisms from the Time of Trajan to the Early Renaissance Period; Chapter 3 Further Manifestations with Egyptian Connotations in Europe from the Renaissance to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century; Chapter 4 Egyptian Elements in Eighteenth-Century Europe to the Time of Piranesi; Chapter 5 The Egyptian Revival from the Time of Piranesi until the Napoleonic Campaigns in Egypt; Chapter 6 The Egyptian Revival after the Napoleonic Campaigns in Egypt; Chapter 7 Applications of the Egyptian Style; Chapter 8 The Egyptian Revival in Funerary Architecture; Chapter 9 Aspects of the Egyptian Revival in the Later Part of the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 10 The Egyptian Revival in the Twentieth Century; Chapter 11 A Postscript;