Author: William Roger GreeleyPublisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Colossi
Author: William Roger GreeleyPublisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The Akhenaten Colossi of Karnak
Author: Lise MannichePublisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774163494
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Some of the most fascinating sculptures to have survived from ancient Egypt are the colossal statues of Akhenaten, erected at the beginning of his reign in his new temple to the Aten at Karnak. Fragments of more than thirty statues are now known, showing the paradoxical features combining male and female, young and aged, characteristic of representations of this king. Did he look like this in real life? Or was his iconography skilfully devised to mirror his concept of his role in the universe? The author presents the history of the discovery of the statue fragments from 1925 to the present day; the profusion of opinions on the appearance of the king and his alleged medical conditions; and the various suggestions for an interpretation of the perplexing evidence. A complete catalog of all major fragments is included, as well as many pictures not previously published.
Architectural Colossi and the Human Body
Author: Charalampos PolitakisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315512912
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The human body has been used as both a model and metaphor in architecture since antiquity. This book explores how it has been an inspiration for the exterior form of architectural colossi through the years. It considers the body as a source of architectural and artistic representation and in doing so explores the results of such practices in colossal sculptures and architectural praxis within a philosophical discourse of space, time and media. Architectural Colossi and the Human Body discusses the role of Platonic and Cartesian philosophy and how philosophers such as Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, and theoreticians such as Frascari and Pallasmaa, have seen, described and analysed the human body and the role of architecture and perception. Drawing upon three key case studies and by employing theoretical ideas of Venturi and others, this book will provide an understanding of the role of anthromorphism and the relation and use of the human body with reference to selected architects and artists.
Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia
Author: Daniel David LuckenbillPublisher:
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Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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The Indian Historical Quarterly
Author: The Annals of Sennacherib
Author: Sennacherib (Assyrisches Reich, König)Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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A Guide to the Antiquities of Upper Egypt
Author: Arthur Edward Pearse Brome WeigallPublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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The Monuments of Upper Egypt
Author: Auguste MariettePublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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