The humanist interpretation of hieroglyphs in the allegorical studies of the Renaissance : with a focus on the triumphal arch of Maximilian I / by Karl Giehlow ; translated with an introduction & notes by Robin Raybould.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giehlow, Karl, 1863-1913, author.

Contributor:

Raybould, Robin, translator.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 240.

Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 16.

Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history

Standardized Title:

Hieroglyphenkunde des Humanismus in der Allegorie der Renaissance. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Egyptology.

History.

Italy--Civilization--Egyptian influences.

Italy.

Civilization.

Italy--Civilization--1268-1559.

Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic.

Egyptian language.

Egyptology--Italy--History.

Renaissance--Italy.

Renaissance.

Civilization--Egyptian influences.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Summary:

The Hieroglyphenkunde by Karl Giehlow published in 1915, described variously by critics as "a masterpiece", "magnificent", "monumental" and "incomparable", is here translated into English for the first time. Giehlow's work with an initial focus on the Hieroglyphica of Horapollo, the manuscript of which was discovered by Giehlow, was a pioneering attempt to introduce the thesis that Egyptian hieroglyphics had a fundamental influence on the Italian literature of allegory and symbolism and beyond that on the evolution of all Renaissance art. The present edition includes the illustrations of Albrecht Dürer from the Pirckheimer translation of the Horapollo from the early fifteenth century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Scope and aim of the study

The hieroglyphs of the Italian humanists

Hieroglyphs on the Egyptian monuments known in Rome in the XVth century

Fra Francesco Colonna and his hieroglyphs

Hieroglyphic studies in the Italian Cinquecento

The hieroglyphica of Pierio Valeriano Bolzano: a life's work

The hieroglyphic origins of the Emblemata of Alciato

The hieroglyphics of the German and French humanists.

Notes:

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004281721

900428172X

OCLC:

898092814

Publisher Number:

9789004281721