The Egyptian Revival : Its Sources, Monuments, and Meaning, 1808–1858 / Richard G. Carrott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrott, Richard G., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.) : 136 plates

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Plates

Preface

CHAPTER 1. Introduction: The Problem of Eclecticism

CHAPTER 2. Sources and Stimuli

CHAPTER 3. Attitudes in America

CHAPTER 4. Formal Development

CHAPTER 5. Iconography: "L'Egypte Moralisee"

CHAPTER 6. Iconography Continued: "Science and Knowledge; Sublimity and Mysticism"

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520333758

0520333756

OCLC:

1224278158