Main entry:

McKenzie, Judith.

Title & Author:

The architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 / Judith McKenzie.

Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2007.

Description:

xx, 458 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm.

Series:

Yale University Press Pelican history of art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-444) and index.
THE SETTING. How ancient Alexandria was lost -- Reconstructing the plan of ancient Alexandria : the archaeological evidence.
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD. Ptolemaic Alexandria : buildings erected from the late fourth century to the mid-first century BC -- Cleopatra's Alexandria, and the Roman conquest -- Classical architectural style of Ptolemaic Alexandria and its depiction -- Traditional Egyptian architecture.
ROMAN PERIOD. Classical architecture in the cities and towns of Roman Egypt -- Roman Alexandria -- Classical architectural style of Roman Alexandria and Egypt.
LATE ANTIQUE (BYZANTINE) PERIOD. The churches of late antique Alexandria : the written sources -- Church buildings in late antique Egypt : the archaeological evidence -- Architectural scholarship and education in Alexandria -- Influence of Alexandria on Byzantine architecture outside Egypt -- Pictorial tradition of Alexandrian architecture in Byzantine and early Islamic art.

Summary:

Lavishly illustrated with new plans of the city in the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine periods, reconstruction drawings and photographs, this book brings to life the ancient city and uncovers the true extent of its architectural legacy in the Mediterranean world.

Resources:
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780300115550 (alk. paper)
0300115555 (alk. paper)
9780300170948 (pbk.)
0300170947 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture, Ancient Egypt Alexandria.
Architecture, Ancient Egypt.
Architecture Egypt Alexandria.
Architecture antique Égypte Alexandrie.
Architecture antique Égypte.
Architecture Égypte Alexandrie.
Architecture.
Architecture, Ancient.
Architektur
Arkitektur Egypten Alexandria forntiden.
Egypt.
Egypt Alexandria.
Alexandria
Ägypten
Geschichte 300 v. Chr.-700

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Added entries:

Yale University Press Pelican history of art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 254915
Call No.: BIB 184975
Status: Available