Main entry:

Roehrig, Catharine H.

Title & Author:

Explorers and artists in the Valley of the Kings / Texts by Catharine H. Roehrig ; graphic design by Patrizia Balocco Lovisetti.

Publication:

Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2002.

Description:

96 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 36 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 94) and index.
Foreward by Kent R. Weeks -- Introduction -- Richard Pococke -- Fredrick Ludvig Norden -- James Bruce -- Dominique Vivant Denon -- Description De L'Egypte -- Giovanni Battista Belzoni -- Jean Jacques Rifaud -- John Gardner Wilkinson -- Franco- Tuscan Expedition -- Emile Prisse D'Avennes -- Owen Jones -- David Roberts -- Karl Richard Lepsius -- William Henry Bartlett -- Bibliography -- Index and Photo Credits
Foreword -- Introduction -- Richard Pococke -- Frederick Ludvig Norden -- James Bruce -- Dominique Vivant Denon -- Description de L'egypte -- Giovanni Battista Belzoni -- Jean Jaques Rifaud -- John Gardner Wilkinson -- Franco-tuscan Expedition -- Emile Prisse D'avennes -- Owen Jones -- David Roberts -- Karl Richard Lepsius -- William Henry Barlett -- Bibliography

Summary:

Chronicles the visits to Egypt's ancient Valley of the Kings made in the 18th and 19th centuries by those in search of archaeological wonders and artistic treasures.

ISBN:

9774247051
9789774247057

Subject:

Art, European.
Travelers Egypt.
Europeans Egypt.
Art européen.
Voyageurs Égypte.
Européens Égypte.
Europeans
Travelers
Entdecker
Europeanen.
Wetenschapsbeoefenaars.
Kunstenaars.
Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
Egypt In art.
Vallée des Rois (Égypte)
Thèbes (Égypte : Ville ancienne)
Egypt.
Egypt Thebes (Extinct city)
Egypt Valley of the Kings
Tal der Könige

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
Art

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225295
Call No.: N8214.5.E3 R6 2002
Status: Available