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