A history of art in ancient Egypt / from the French of Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez ; illustrated with five hundred and ninety-eight engravings in the text, and fourteen steel and coloured plates ; Tr. and ed. by Walter Armstrong - 2 vols.
1833, 1st edition. London : Chapman and Hall, Limited. Poor copies in the original half leather over marbled boards. All boards detached. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Minor marginal pencil marks remain internally. Text remains clear and without blemish. Item #394377
Physical description; 2 volumes : illustrations, 14 plates (some color) ; 27 cm. Contents; v. 1. The general character of Egyptian civilization. Egypt's place in the history of the world ; The valley of the Nile and its inhabitants ; The great divisions of Egyptian history ; The constitution of Egyptian society : influence of that constitution upon monuments of art ; The Egyptian religion and its influence upon the plastic arts ; The Egyptian art did not escape the law of change, and that its history may therefore be written ; Of the place held in this work by the monuments of the memphite period, and of the limits of our inquiry -- Principles and general characteristics of Egyptian architecture. Method to be employed by us in our study of this architecture ; General principles of form ; General principles of construction ; Materials ; Dressed construction ; Construction by assemblage ; Compact construction ; Decoration -- Sepulchral architecture. The Egyptian belief as to a future life and its influnce upon their sepulchral architecture ; The tomb under the ancient empire ; The Mastabas of the Necropolis of Memphis ; The pyramids ; The tomb under the middle empire ; The tomb under the new empire -- The sacred architecture of Egypt. The temple under the ancient empire ; The temple under the midle empire ; The temple under the new empire ; General characteristics of the Egyptian temple. v. 2. Civil and military architecture. The graphic processes employed by the Egyptians in their representations of buildings ; The palace ; The Egyptian house ; Military architecture -- Methods of construction, the orders, secondary forms. An analysis of architectural forms necessary ; Materials ; Construction ; The arch ; The pier and column : The Egyptian orders ; Their origin ; General types of supports ; The ordonnance of Egyptian colonnades ; Monumental details ; Doors and windows ; The illumination of the temples ; The obelisks ; The profession of architect -- Sculpture. The origin of statue-making ; Sculpture under the ancient empire ; Sculpture under the first Theban empire ; The art of the Saite period ; The principal themes of Egyptian sculpture ; The technique of the bas-reliefs ; Gems ; The principal conventions in Egyptian sculpture ; The general characteristics of the Egyptian style -- Painting. Technical processes ; The figure ; Caricature ; Ornament -- The industrial arts. Definition and characteristics of industrial art ; Glass and pottery ; Metal-work and jewelry ; Woodwork ; The commerce of Egypt -- The general characteristics of Egyptian art, and the place of Egypt in art history -- Appendix. Subjects; Art Egypt History. Architecture. Egypt Civilization 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
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