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Egypt visual sourcebook : for artists, architects, and designers / Jim Hewitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hewitt, Jim, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Egypt--Pictorial works.
- Architecture.
- Architectural design--Egypt--Pictorial works.
- Architectural design.
- Buildings--Egypt--Pictorial works.
- Buildings.
- Historic buildings--Egypt--Pictorial works.
- Historic buildings.
- Egypt--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (973 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This unique visual reference guide will be an invaluable resource to professional designers-from architects to illustrators, production designers, art directors, decorators, film concept artists, sculptors, and painters. It utilizes color photographs to illustrate a wide range of locations and styles of architecture throughout Egypt, particularly highlighting universal architectural elements that may be incorporated into a variety of designs and styles including arches, doorways, windows, balconies, wall finishes, and more. Photographic plates of modern and ancient Egypt, showing markets, buil
- Contents:
- Cover; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1: Photo Plates; Cairo Citadel; Coptic Cairo; Cairo Bazaar; Streets and Buildings; Giza Pyramids; Saqqara Pyramid; Abu Simbel Temple; Kom Ombo Temple; Edfu Temple; Luxor Temple; Karnak Temple; Philae Temple; Mount Sinai; Saint Catherine's Monastery; 2: Typologies; Arches; Mihrabs; Doorways; Windows; Wall Embellishments; Corbels; Wooden Brackets; Lighting; Balconies and Screens; Railings; Rooflines; Domes; Minarets; Columns; Column Capitals; 3: Details and Surfaces; Balconies and Screens; Column Capitals; Statues; Bas-relief
- Hieroglyphs/CarvedHieroglyphs/Painted; Architecture; Tile; Fabric; Wood; Metal; Screens and Grillwork; Wall Surfaces/Composite; Wall Surfaces/Stone; Wall Surfaces/Brick and Block; Wall Surfaces/Stucco; Stone Surfaces; Natural Stone Surfaces; 4: Graphics; Street Graphics; Packaging; Bibliography; Chronology
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781617974823
- 161797482X
- 9781617972294
- 1617972290
- OCLC:
- 893520922
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