The Egyptian revival : ancient Egypt as the inspiration for design motifs in the west / / James Stevens Curl.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Curl, James Stevens, 1937-
• TeilnehmendeR: Curl, James Stevens, 1937-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xxxvi, 572 p. :; ill. (some col.).
• Notes: Rev. and enl. ed. of: Egyptomania. 1994.

Table of Contents

Egypt and Europe -- Some manifestations of Egyptianisms from the time of Trajan to the early Renaissance period -- Further manifestations with Egyptian connotations in Europe from the Renaissance to the beginning of the eighteenth century -- Egyptian elements in eighteenth-century Europe to the time of Piranesi -- The Egyptian revival from the time of Piranesi until the Napoleonic campaigns in Egypt -- The Egyptian revival after the Napoleonic campaigns in Egypt -- Application of the Egyptian style -- The Egyptian revival in funerary architecture -- Aspects of the Egyptian revival in the later part of the nineteenth century -- The Egyptian revival in the twentieth century -- A postscript.