ancient
Ancient Egyptian Architecture
Archaeological Accuracy
architectural history
architecture
Bonaparte's Expedition
Bonaparte’s Expedition
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cavetto
Cavetto Cornice
cornice
cross-cultural design
egypt
egyptian
Egyptian House
Egyptian Motifs
Egyptian Revival
Egyptian Style
egyptianizing
Egyptianizing Architecture
Egyptianizing Buildings
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funerary monuments
global architectural influences
Grand Lodge
Hassan 2003a
house
Luxor Hotel
Masonic Temple
material culture studies
modern interpretations of Egyptian motifs
Monument Aux Morts
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Napoleon III
Nemes Headdress
Place De La Concorde
Ramesses III
revival
Roman De La Momie
style
symbolic ornamentation
Tutankhamun's Tomb
Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Van Der Lingen
Werner Chapter
Winged Disk
Product details
- ISBN 9781598742015
- Weight: 566g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 2007
- Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book presents and analyses the results of the use and adaptation of ancient Egyptian architecture in modern times. It traces the use of ancient Egyptian motifs and constructions across the world, from Australia, the Americas and Southern Africa to Western Europe. It also inquires into the cultural, economic and social contexts of this practice. Imhotep Today is exceptional not only in its global coverage, but in its analyses of thorny questions such as: what was it about Ancient Egypt that inspired such Egyptianizing monuments, and was it just one idea, or several different ones which formed the basis of such activities? The book also asks why only certain images, such as obelisks and sphinxes, were incorporated within the movement. The contributors explore how these 'monuments' fitted into the local architecture of the time and, in this context, they investigate whether 'Egyptianizing architecture' is an ongoing movement and, if so, how it differs from earlier, similar activities.
Clifford Price, Jean-Marcel Humbert
