: A History of Art in Ancient Egypt Vol. 2 (of 2) by Chipiez Charles Perrot Georges Armstrong Walter Sir Translator - Egypt Antiquities; Art Egypt History

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CIVIL AND MILITARY ARCHITECTURE. ? 1. The Graphic Processes employed by the Egyptians in their representations of Buildings ? 2. The Palace ? 3. The Egyptian House ? 4. Military Architecture

METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION, THE ORDERS, SECONDARY FORMS. ? 1. An Analysis of Architectural Forms necessary ? 2. Materials ? 3. Construction ? 4. The Arch ? 5. The Pier and Column.--The Egyptian Orders Their Origin General Types of Supports ? 6. The Ordonnance of Egyptian Colonnades ? 7. Monumental Details ? 8. Doors and Windows Doors Windows ? 9. The Illumination of the Temples ? 10. The Obelisks ? 11. The Profession of Architect

SCULPTURE. ? 1. The Origin of Statue-making ? 2. Sculpture under the Ancient Empire ? 3. Sculpture under the First Theban Empire ? 4. Sculpture under the Second Theban Empire ? 5. The Art of the Saite Period ? 6. The Principal Themes of Egyptian Sculpture ? 7. The Technique of the Bas-reliefs ? 8. Gems ? 9. The Principal Conventions in Egyptian Sculpture ? 10. The General Characteristics of the Egyptian Style

PAINTING. ? 1. Technical Processes ? 2. The Figure ? 3. Caricature ? 4. Ornament

THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. ? 1. Definition and Characteristics of Industrial Art ? 2. Glass and Pottery ? 3. Metal-work and Jewelry ? 4. Woodwork ? 5. The Commerce of Egypt

THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EGYPTIAN ART, AND THE PLACE OF EGYPT IN ART HISTORY

INDEX

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A HISTORY OF ART IN ANCIENT EGYPT

CIVIL AND MILITARY ARCHITECTURE.

We have seen that sepulchral and religious architecture are represented in Egypt by numerous and well preserved monuments. It is not so in the case of civil and military architecture. Of these, time has spared but very few remains and all that the ancient historians tell us on the subject amounts to very little. Our best aids in the endeavour to fill up this lacuna are the pictures and bas-reliefs of the tombs, in which store-houses, granaries, houses and villas of the Pharaonic period are often figured.

It is not always easy, however, to trace the actual conformation and arrangement of those buildings through the conventionalities employed by the artists, and we must therefore begin by attempting to understand the ideas with which the Egyptians made the representations in question. Their idea was to show all at a single glance; to combine in one view matters which could only be seen in reality from many successive points, such as all the fa?ades of a building, with its external aspect and internal arrangements. This notion may be compared to that which recommends itself to a young child when, in drawing a profile, he insists upon giving it two ears, because when he looks at a front face he sees two ears standing out beyond either cheek.

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