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Egyptomania
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Author : Ronald H. Fritze
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2016-11-15
Egyptomania written by Ronald H. Fritze and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with History categories.
The land of pyramids and sphinxes, pharaohs and goddesses, Egypt has been a source of awe and fascination from the time of the ancient Greeks to the twenty-first century. In Egyptomania, Ronald H. Fritze takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the past, a place inhabited by strange gods, powerful magic, spell-binding hieroglyphs, and the uncanny, mummified remains of ancient people. Walking among monumental obelisks and through the dark corridors of long-sealed tombs, he reveals a long-standing fascination with an Egypt of incredible wonder and mystery. As Fritze shows, Egypt has exerted a powerful force on our imagination. Medieval Christians considered it a holy land with many connections to biblical lore, while medieval Muslims were intrigued by its towering monuments, esoteric sciences, and hidden treasures. People of the Renaissance sought Hermes Trismegistus as the ancient originator of astrology, alchemy, and magic, and those of the Baroque pondered the ciphers of the hieroglyphs. Even the ever-practical Napoleon was enchanted by it, setting out in a costly campaign to walk in the footsteps of Alexander the Great through its valleys, by then considered the cradle of Western civilization. And of course the modern era is one still susceptible to the lure of undiscovered tombs and the curses of pharaohs cast on covetous archeologists. Raising ancient Egyptian art and architecture into the light of succeeding history, Fritze offers a portrait of an ancient place and culture that has remained alive through millennia, influencing everything from religion to philosophy to literature to science to popular culture.
Egyptomania Goes To The Movies
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Author : Matthew Coniam
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-08-25
Egyptomania Goes To The Movies written by Matthew Coniam and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-25 with Performing Arts categories.
"Egyptomania," the West's obsession with the strange and magnificent world of Ancient Egypt, has for centuries been reflected in architecture, literature and the performing arts. But the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922, by a sensation-hungry world newly united by mass media, created a wave of fascination unlike anything before. They called it "Tutmania" and its influence was felt everywhere from fashion to home decor to popular music--and notably in the new medium of film. This study traces the origins of 20th century cinema's obsession with Ancient Egypt through previous eras and relates its recurring themes and ideas to the historical reality of the land of the Pharaohs.
Conflicted Antiquities
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Author : Elliott Colla
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2007-12-21
Conflicted Antiquities written by Elliott Colla and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-21 with History categories.
Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology—the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy—was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. The values and practices introduced by the new science of archaeology played a key role in the formation of a new colonial regime in Egypt. This fact was not lost on Egyptian nationalists, who challenged colonial archaeologists with the claim that they were the direct heirs of the Pharaohs, and therefore the rightful owners and administrators of ancient Egypt’s historical sites and artifacts. As this dispute developed, nationalists invented the political and expressive culture of “Pharaonism”—Egypt’s response to Europe’s Egyptomania. In the process, a significant body of modern, Pharaonist poetry, sculpture, architecture, and film was created by artists and authors who looked to the ancient past for inspiration. Colla draws on medieval and modern Arabic poetry, novels, and travel accounts; British and French travel writing; the history of archaeology; and the history of European and Egyptian museums and exhibits. The struggle over the ownership of Pharaonic Egypt did not simply pit Egyptian nationalists against European colonial administrators. Egyptian elites found arguments about the appreciation and preservation of ancient objects useful for exerting new forms of control over rural populations and for mobilizing new political parties. Finally, just as the political and expressive culture of Pharaonism proved critical to the formation of new concepts of nationalist identity, it also fueled Islamist opposition to the Egyptian state.
Roman Egyptomania
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Author : Sally-Ann Ashton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Roman Egyptomania written by Sally-Ann Ashton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
Accompanying an exhibition held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, from September 2004 to May 2005, this volume contains more than one hundred objects which reflect the earliest episode of Egyptomania. Sally-Ann Ashton explores the Egyptian objects that were taken to and received in Italy and how this spawned a tradition of copying elements of this exotic and alien culture, as well as the development of existing cultural and artistic traditions in Egypt under Roman rule. Her discussion of these different forms of acculturation is set alongside beautifully photographed objects from the exhibition.
Beyond Egyptomania
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Author : Miguel John Versluys
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-06-08
Beyond Egyptomania written by Miguel John Versluys and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-08 with Art categories.
The material and intellectual presence of Egypt is at the heart of Western culture, religion and art from Antiquity to the present. This volume aims to provide a long term and interdisciplinary perspective on Egypt and its mnemohistory, taking theories on objects and their agency as its main point of departure. The central questions the book addresses are why, from the first millennium BC onwards, things and concepts Egyptian are to be found in such a great variety of places throughout European history and how we can account for their enduring impact over time. By taking a radically object-oriented perspective on this question, this book is also a major contribution to current debates on the agency of artefacts across archaeology, anthropology and art history.
Egyptomania And Beyond
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Author : Noreen Doyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-03
Egyptomania And Beyond written by Noreen Doyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03 with Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures categories.
The relationships between ancient Egypt and other cultures transcend time, so in this volume of the Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections the reader will find a sampling of the diverse ways in which these have manifested: a 19th century "multi-media" exhibition; the challenges of museum exhibits that place Egypt in a wider African context; interplay between Egyptology and opera; Eastern European travelers to Egypt; mummies as souvenirs; what is lost by the emphasis on the pharaonic period in archaeological excavation; excavation of Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923) film set; the origin of the term "Egyptomania"; and two book reviews related to Egyptological history.
Egyptomania
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Author : Emma Giuliani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-10
Egyptomania written by Emma Giuliani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10 with Egypt categories.
Find out all about Ancient Egypt in this beautifully illustrated and innovative Lift The Flap book. Learn what Ancient Egyptians wore, what's inside a pyramid, how a mummy is made and much much more by lifting the flaps and discovering the secrets hiding underneath!
Egyptomania
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Author : Jean-Marcel Humbert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Egyptomania written by Jean-Marcel Humbert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Art, Egyptian categories.
The sheer scale of the movement defies any attempt at inclusivity. Egyptomania, an exhibition jointly organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Musee du Louvre, offers a representative selection of masterworks from around the world.
Egyptomania
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Author : James Stevens Curl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Egyptomania written by James Stevens Curl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Architecture categories.
Looks at the influence of ancient Egypt on art, architecture and design in Europe from the time of the Roman Empire, through the Renaissance and up until the start of the twentieth century.
Egyptomania Our Three Thousand Year Obsession With The Land Of The Pharaohs
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Author : Bob Brier
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2013-11-12
Egyptomania Our Three Thousand Year Obsession With The Land Of The Pharaohs written by Bob Brier and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-12 with History categories.
Presents the history of the West's obsession with ancient Egyptian art and culture, from the time of the Romans, to the campaigns of Napolean Bonaparte, the discovery Tutankhamen's tomb, and the popular culture of today.