Pharaohs : master-builders / Henri Stierlin
Material type:
- 9782879393285
- The pharaohs : master builders
- 722.2 STI-P
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Library, SPAB J-2 | Non Fiction | 722.2 STI-P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out to Arpita Kori (2022BARC068) | 24/02/2025 | 008721 |
From mudbrick to quarried stone: the monument of King Djoser at Saqqara --
The age of the great pyramids --
Collapse, revolution and, renaissance during the Middle Kingdom --
Ascendancy of Upper Egypt: the bloom of New-Kingdom Art --
The tomb: a glorification of life --
Duel between Amun and the Aten, between Thebes and Amarna --
The glory of the Ramessides: a frenzy of construction --
Funerary temples of Thebes and Ramesside Palaces --
Renaissance of architecture in Ptolemaic Egypt --
Philae and the late temple: the last surge of Egyptian art.
This book takes a look at the spiritual aspects of a uniq ue architecture and building technique, illuminating its discussion with more than 140 illustrations. Through description of the buildings, frescos, statues, hieroglyphs, and paintings it demonstrates how a civilization and its kings developed a faith and religion that was omnipresent, and how and why Egyptian art continued to flourish for 3000 years.
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