TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stierlin, Henri
TI  - Pharaohs : : master-builders 
SN  - 9782879393285
U1  - 722.2 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - France
PB  - Terrail, edigroup
KW  - AR
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Egyptian
KW  - Art
KW  -  Art
KW  - Ancient
KW  - Egypt
N1  - 	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
N2  - 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
ER  -