Imhotep Today - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1598742019 ISBN 13 : 9781598742015

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jean-Marcel Humbert is Conservateur en chef du Patrimoine and Assistant Director of the National Maritime Museum in Paris.Clifford Price is Professor of Archaeological Conservation at University College London Institute of Archaeology and former Head of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory, English Heritage.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1598742019
• ISBN 13: 9781598742015
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 356
• Éditeur: Humbert Jean-Marcel, Price Clifford
• Coordonnées du fabricant: BOOKS etc..; cs@booksetc.co.uk; ; BOOKS etc.; Aldershot; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible