The Great Pyramids of Giza

by D'Hooghe, Alain; Bruwier, Marie-Cecile

• ISBN13: 9782845760080
• ISBN10: 2845760086
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Vilo Intl

Summary

The Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt -- the Seventh Wonder of the World -- are among the most mysterious and beautiful constructions of Man.

Since the invention of photography in 1839, cameras have been set up in front of the three great pyramids, bringing their image to the masses in other countries. And since the 1960s, the phenomenal increase in tourism has confirmed the pyramids as one of the world's leading attractions. Giza is once more an obligatory stop for photographers, artists, architects and journalists, all falling under the influence of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus.

This superb volume is more than a homage to the Seventh Wonder: it is also a promenade through the history of photography. Full of original documents, early photographs, different interpretations of the same shot, poetry, tragedy and comedy, the book includes work by (among others) Henri Cartier-Bresson, Maxime Du Camp, Josef Koudelka and Duane Michals, all reproduced with the utmost attention to detail and quality.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
Alain D'Hooghe
Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus across the centuries	9	(7)
Marie-Cecile Bruwier
What is a Pyramid?	9	(1)
Lexicography: Fire or Wheat Cracker?
Symbolism: Primordial Hill, Stairway or Sunbeam?	10	(1)
In Classical Antiquity: Multicolored Mountains
In Arab Literature: A Storehouse of Wealth and Learning	11	(1)
In the Middle Ages: Joseph's Granaries
From the Sixteenth Century to the Eighteenth Century	12	(2)
In the Nineteenth Century: The Birth of Egyptology	14	(2)
Pyramidology and its Nebulous Theories
The Pyramids of Giza and Photography: A Short History of a Long Collaboration	16	(16)
Alain D'Hooghe
The First Photograph of a Pyramid	17	(1)
The First Album
The First Artists	18	(1)
Other Pioneers	19	(1)
The View From the Top	20	(1)
From the Bible to Pyramidology
The Birth of Commerce	21	(1)
Photographer-Residents	22	(1)
Tourism for All	23	(1)
The Arrival of Kodak's Little Box
The Arrival of Color	24	(1)
A New Era
At First Sight	25	(1)
A Spectacular Horse Ride
Timeless Landscapes
From Dawn Till Night	26	(1)
The Perfect Form
High-Angle Shots	27	(1)
Insignificant Lilliputians
Tourists and Natives	28	(1)
The Daughters of Isis and Cleopatra
Homages and Allusions	29	(3)
Elsewhere
Captions and Photographic Credits	32	(5)
The Great Pyramids of Giza (portfolio)	37	(144)
Acknowledgments	181	(1)
Measured Against Eternity	182	(2)
Georges Vercheval
Index of Names	184	(2)
Photographic Glossary	186