Main entry:

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914.

Title & Author:

A history of art in ancient Egypt / from the French of Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez ; illustrated with five hundred and ninety-eight engravings in the text, and fourteen steel and coloured plates ; Tr. and ed. by Walter Armstrong.

Publication:

London : Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1883.

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, 14 plates (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. The general character of Egyptian civilization. Egypt's place in the history of the world ; The valley of the Nile and its inhabitants ; The great divisions of Egyptian history ; The constitution of Egyptian society : influence of that constitution upon monuments of art ; The Egyptian religion and its influence upon the plastic arts ; The Egyptian art did not escape the law of change, and that its history may therefore be written ; Of the place held in this work by the monuments of the memphite period, and of the limits of our inquiry -- Principles and general characteristics of Egyptian architecture. Method to be employed by us in our study of this architecture ; General principles of form ; General principles of construction ; Materials ; Dressed construction ; Construction by assemblage ; Compact construction ; Decoration -- Sepulchral architecture. The Egyptian belief as to a future life and its influnce upon their sepulchral architecture ; The tomb under the ancient empire ; The Mastabas of the Necropolis of Memphis ; The pyramids ; The tomb under the middle empire ; The tomb under the new empire -- The sacred architecture of Egypt. The temple under the ancient empire ; The temple under the midle empire ; The temple under the new empire ; General characteristics of the Egyptian temple.
v. 2. Civil and military architecture. The graphic processes employed by the Egyptians in their representations of buildings ; The palace ; The Egyptian house ; Military architecture -- Methods of construction, the orders, secondary forms. An analysis of architectural forms necessary ; Materials ; Construction ; The arch ; The pier and column : The Egyptian orders ; Their origin ; General types of supports ; The ordonnance of Egyptian colonnades ; Monumental details ; Doors and windows ; The illumination of the temples ; The obelisks ; The profession of architect -- Sculpture. The origin of statue-making ; Sculpture under the ancient empire ; Sculpture under the first Theban empire ; The art of the Saite period ; The principal themes of Egyptian sculpture ; The technique of the bas-reliefs ; Gems ; The principal conventions in Egyptian sculpture ; The general characteristics of the Egyptian style -- Painting. Technical processes ; The figure ; Caricature ; Ornament -- The industrial arts. Definition and characteristics of industrial art ; Glass and pottery ; Metal-work and jewelry ; Woodwork ; The commerce of Egypt -- The general characteristics of Egyptian art, and the place of Egypt in art history -- Appendix.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Internet Archive
Internet Archive
Vol. 1
Vol. 2

Subject:

Art Egypt History.
Art history
Art Égypte Histoire.
Antiquities
Art
Egypt Antiquities.
Égypte Antiquités.
Egypt

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, author.
Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918, ed. and tr.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 17587
Call No.: 0000170
Status: Available