Author: John Henry ParkerPublisher:
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Category : Obelisks
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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The Egyptian Obelisks
Author: John Henry ParkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Obelisks
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Archaeology of Rome: The Egyptian obelisks, to which is added a supplement to the first three parts
Author: John Henry ParkerPublisher:
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Category : Aqueducts
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Cleopatra's Needles
Author: Bob BrierPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474242944
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586 – one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance. Roman emperors moved more than a dozen, but left no records of how they did it. The nineteenth-century engineers entrusted with transporting the obelisks across oceans had to invent new methods, and they were far from certain that they would work. As the three obelisks, bound for Paris, London and New York, sailed towards their new homes, the world held its breath. Newspapers reported the obelisks' daily progress, complete with dramatic illustrations of the heroic deeds of the engineers and crews struggling under nearly impossible conditions. When the obelisks finally arrived safely in their new homes, bands played Cleopatra's Needle Waltz and silver obelisk pencils dangled from fashionable ladies' necks. This turbulent era, caught up in obelisk mania, is recreated by Bob Brier in all its glory. Amid astounding tales of engineering dexterity and naval endurance, the individuals involved in transporting the obelisks and receiving them in their future homes are brought to life through their letters and diaries, newspaper articles and illustrations. Written by a renowned Egyptologist and author, this compelling book will fascinate all those interested in Egypt, its iconic monuments and the history of great endeavour.
A Short History of the Egyptian Obelisks
Author: William Ricketts CooperPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Archaeology of Rome: The Egyptian obelisks, to which is added a supplement to the first three parts which form the first volume
Author: John Henry ParkerPublisher:
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Category : Aqueduct
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Egypt in Italy
Author: Molly Swetnam-BurlandPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107040485
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This book examines the appetite for Egyptian and Egyptian-looking artwork in Italy during the century following Rome's annexation of Aegyptus as a province. In the early imperial period, Roman interest in Egyptian culture was widespread, as evidenced by works ranging from the monumental obelisks, brought to the capital over the Mediterranean Sea by the emperors, to locally made emulations of Egyptian artifacts found in private homes and in temples to Egyptian gods. Although the foreign appearance of these artworks was central to their appeal, this book situates them within their social, political, and artistic contexts in Roman Italy. Swetnam-Burland focuses on what these works meant to their owners and their viewers in their new settings, by exploring evidence for the artists who produced them and by examining their relationship to the contemporary literature that informed Roman perceptions of Egyptian history, customs, and myths.
Egyptian Obelisks
Author: Henry Honeychurch GorringePublisher:
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Category : Obelisks
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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"A deluxe book produced at the point that Harroun and Bierstadt dissolved their business ... The Artotypes in this book are some of the finest produced by Bierstadt. The pictorial record of this engineering feat is remarkable in itself; casing and tilting the obelisk, loading it into the side of the ship by removing part of the hull, pulling it out on a special dock in the Hudson and then moving it by custom made rail from the river to the site next to the Metropolitan Museum. The illustrations show the hieroglyphics, now mostly lost due to New York's polluted air, bright and clear."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 82
The Twelve Egyptian Obelisks in Rome
Author: John Henry ParkerPublisher:
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Category : Obelisks
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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The Archaeology of Rome: The twelve Egyptian obelisks in Rome; their history explained by translations of the inscriptions upon them
Author: John Henry ParkerPublisher:
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Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Cleopatra's Needles and Other Egyptian Obelisks
Author: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis BudgePublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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