Pharaohs :
Stierlin, Henri
Pharaohs : master-builders / The pharaohs : master builders Henri Stierlin - France : Terrail, edigroup, 2007. - 255 p.
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.
9782879393285
AR
Architecture--Egyptian
Art--Egyptian
Art--Ancient --Egypt
722.2 / STI-P
Pharaohs : master-builders / The pharaohs : master builders Henri Stierlin - France : Terrail, edigroup, 2007. - 255 p.
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.
9782879393285
AR
Architecture--Egyptian
Art--Egyptian
Art--Ancient --Egypt
722.2 / STI-P