Egypt

by Wildung, Dietrich; Stierlin, Henri

• ISBN13: 9783822812211
• ISBN10: 3822812218
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Taschen America Llc

Summary

The architecture of the pharaohs represents some of the most impressive creative work ever produced in Egyptian art and yet it has never been completely assessed. This volume is a singularly complete record of the architecture of the pharaohs and its sphere of influence ranging from 3000 B.C. to the Egyptian style of today, from the Sudan to the Mediterranean, and from simple clay brick buildings to monumental pyramids -- a very special kind of journey through Egypt. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Basic Architectural Forms in Ancient Egypt	p. 7
Houses for the Dead and Stairways to Heaven: Tomb Architecture of the Early Period	p. 23
Building for the Life to Come: Old Kingdom Pyramids	p. 45
The Lost Classical Period: Architecture of the Middle Kingdom	p. 73
A State Built of Stone: Temples to the Gods in the New Kingdom	p. 93
Castles of Eternity: Temples of the Dead and Tomb Architecture of the New Kingdom	p. 127
The Cosmos in Stone: From the Delta to Sudan	p. 167
Late Flowering: Temples of the Ptolemaic and Roman Period in Upper Egypt	p. 191
Epilogue: Egyptian Influence in the West	p. 225
Chronological Table	p. 230
Glossary	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 234
Index	p. 235
Acknowledgements and Credits	p. 237
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