This lavishly illustrated volume draws a portrait of Italy through its most stirring panoramas, its characteristic villages, the architectural wonders marking its cities, the incredible archeological vestiges of its past, and its extraordinary

Wonders of Italy: A Photographic Journey through Landscape, Art, and Architecture by Giorgio Ferrero (2013) Hardcover

Arts & Photography

Giorgio Ferrero

Themes

n/a (2013)

This volume is dedicated to Egypt and follows a historical narrative that, adhering to a rigorous chronology and keeping abreast of the most recent archeological investigations, sheds light onto the principal events, cultural and social processes, and religious beliefs that influenced and shaped the development and flowering of a civilization that lasted for thousands of years. Starting from the first Neolithic cultures that settled along the shores of the Nile, this book tackles the era that saw the founding of the Pre-Dynastic Egyptian state. With the unification of the two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt, the ancient pharaohs started to celebrate and immortalize their lives and achievements with the construction of stone monuments. The most impressive example of these is perhaps the pyramid tombs of the Ancient Kingdom, whose architectural evolution can be followed from the first step pyramid of Djoser, to the stupendous pyramids of Giza, and then to the necropolises of Abusir and Saqqara. In the Ancient Kingdom, next to the representations of the sovereign, one can follow the development of sculpture and also of private burials, both areas that found new expressive forms during the First Intermediate Period or the Middle Kingdom. Ample space is reserved for the figures of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom who with their military campaigns made Egypt one of the most powerful empires of the Near East. Thanks to a superb collection of photographs the reader is able to better admire the prodigious output of Egyptian art in all its splendor. This book also examines the last centuries of the age of the pharaohs, up to the period of Greek and then Roman control of Egypt. It explores the era in which the pharaohs' culture came into contact and, in some cases, merged with the Hellenistic and Roman cultures.

Egypt: History & Treasures of Ancient Civilization

Sterling

Egypt: History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization

History

Africa

vmb Publisers

Egypt History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization /anglais

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

White Star Publishing

Perfect condition. Purchased from an estate sale.

The Art of the Pharaohs

White Star Publishers

<p>Description: 175 pages of color plates: illustrations, portraits, plates; 45 x 36 cm. This large-format, magnificently illustrated book shows the portraits and monuments that are the artistic masterpiece of antiquity in a new light. It traces the profiles of 34 Kings and queens to present an in-depth picture of the history and art of ancient Egypt and its pharaohs. Subjects: Pharaohs in art. Sculpture -- Catalogs. Sculpture, Ancient. Sculpture, Egyptian.</p>

The Art of the Pharaohs: Introduced by Zahi Hawass

History & Criticism

American University in Cairo Press

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