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100			_aStierlin, Henri _932257
245			_aPharaohs : _bmaster-builders / _cHenri Stierlin
246			_aThe pharaohs : master builders
260			_bTerrail, _bedigroup, _c2007. _aFrance :
300			_a255 p.
505			_a 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aAR _947848
650			_aArchitecture _zEgyptian _947849
650			_aArt _zEgyptian _947850
650			_a Art _xAncient _zEgypt _947851
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