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Temples of the Last Pharaohs [Hardcover]

Dieter Arnold (Author)

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Dr Arnold's study will remain a major source book for a long time and a requisite volume in any library that is concerned with later Egypt and its temple architecture. The Antiquaries Journal Arnold's Temples of the Last Pharaohs manages successfully to combine architectural history with a much broader archaeological interest in the changing role of architecture over time ... useful and most informative. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

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It was the "Description de l'Egypt", published in Paris in 1809-1928, that first drew Western attention to Egyptian art and architecture. Using this work as his primary source, Dieter Arnold has reconstructed and redrawn all of the lost buildings of the Late Period - some in computer assisted images - and redrawn all other available plans. These, along with photographs of extant temples dating to Ptolemaic and Roman times, are included in this study of the formal and stylistic development of Egyptian temple architecture. Set against the background of the struggle of Egyptian culture with Assyrian, Greek, Persian, and Roman instrusion, the study places special emphasis on the survival of Egyptian building elements in Roman and Medieval European architecture. The book includes descriptions of building volume, stylistic evaluations, and foreign connections of the monuments as well as a detailed account of all known building activities from the end of the New Kingdom (c 716 BC) to the end of the Roman period.
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The New Kingdom, with such fascinating temples as Deir el-Bahari, Karnak, and Luxor, was certainly the golden age of Egyptian temple building. Read the first page
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Very good source of architectural info! 13 Feb 2002
By "emerald_gal" - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Limited to the architecture at the end of the New Kingdom as well as the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. The descriptions tend to be a bit "technical" but the computer-generated images are quite thought provoking. The pictures are disappointing, small in size and lacking the visual impact of other architecture books. Recommended for those with a bit more of an architecture background or anyone specializing in this time period.
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must have 6 Sep 2000
By Joshua D. Madson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
This book is a must have for any serious scholar of ancient egypt and its temples. Dieter surveys Temples throughout Egypts History during the reign of different Pharaohs. An excellent companion to his Egyptian Temples. This book should be in everyones library.

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