Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing ArchitectureJean-Marcel Humbert, Clifford Price Routledge, 16 giu 2016 - 340 pagine This book presents and analyses the results of the use and adaptation of ancient Egyptian architecture in modern times. It traces the use of ancient Egyptian motifs and constructions across the world, from Australia, the Americas and Southern Africa to Western Europe. It also inquires into the cultural, economic and social contexts of this practice. Imhotep Today is exceptional not only in its global coverage, but in its analyses of thorny questions such as: what was it about Ancient Egypt that inspired such Egyptianizing monuments, and was it just one idea, or several different ones which formed the basis of such activities? The book also asks why only certain images, such as obelisks and sphinxes, were incorporated within the movement. The contributors explore how these 'monuments' fitted into the local architecture of the time and, in this context, they investigate whether 'Egyptianizing architecture' is an ongoing movement and, if so, how it differs from earlier, similar activities. |
Sommario
An Architecture between Dream and Meaning | 1 |
2 The Egyptianizing Pyramid from the 18th to the 20th Century | 25 |
Egyptian Architecture in 19th Century Painting | 41 |
4 Egypt in the Snow | 57 |
5 Egypt in London Public and Private Displays in the 19th Century Metropolis | 75 |
6 Egypt in London Entertainment and Commerce in the 20th Century Metropolis | 105 |
Egypt in 19th Century American World Exhibitions | 123 |
8 Egyptomania and American Architecture | 135 |
19th Century Monuments and Motifs | 183 |
Egypt in Masonic Iconography and Architecture | 207 |
12 NeoEgyptian Garden Ornaments in Florence during the 19th Century | 221 |
13 Egyptianizing Motifs in Architecture and Art in Brazil | 231 |
14 Egyptianizing Motifs in South African Architecture | 247 |
the Contemporary Revival of the Ancient MouseionLibrary | 257 |
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19th century Alexandria Ancient Egypt ancient Egyptian ancient Egyptian architecture archaeological architect artists associated Belzoni Bibliotecha Bonaparte’s built Carreras Carrott cavetto cavetto cornice Cemetery cinema city’s classical collection coloured columns commemorative construction contemporary copy cosmopolitan culture decoration Denon display Egyptian antiquities Egyptian architecture Egyptian Bridge Egyptian Court Egyptian elements Egyptian forms Egyptian Hall Egyptian motifs Egyptian Revival Egyptian style Egyptian temple Egyptianizing buildings Egyptianizing designs Egyptology Egyptomania entrance example Exhibition façade Fazzini with McKercher Figure fountain France Freemasonry Freemasons French funerary Gallery garden Gloria Rosati Harrods hieroglyphs images inspired interior Jean-Marcel Humbert Library Lodge Louvre Luxor Masonic McKercher 1996 Melbourne memorial Memphis modern mummy Museum of London Napoleon Nikolai Praslov obelisk original paintings Palace Paris Park pharaonic popular pylon pyramid Ramesses II Russian sculpture sphinxes St Petersburg statues symbols tomb Tsarskoye Selo Tutankhamun Tutankhamun’s volume walls Werner Chapter winged sundisk