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OverviewIllustrated with some 600 black-and-white photographs, maps, and plans, this volume details the evolution of the design of Egyptian columns from the earliest structures to the columns in buildings erected by the Roman emperors. Themes addressed range from the symbolic meaning to the construction and decoration. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J Peter PhillipsPublisher: Peartree Publishing Imprint: Peartree Publishing Dimensions: Width: 23.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.00cm Weight: 0.984kg ISBN: 9780954349707ISBN 10: 0954349709 Pages: 358 Publication Date: 01 March 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsA useful, well-written and profusely-illustrated corpus which will be of immense value to students of Egyptology and to anyone interested in Egyptian architecture. The authors wide knowledge of his subject and his enthusiasm for it are evident throughout.'--Egyptian Archaeology Succeeds in its purpose of presenting everything anyone could want (or need) to know about the use of the column in ancient Eygptian architecture.'--KMT: A Modern Journal of Egyptology This concerted concentration can start the neophyte beginning at current perhaps 10th-grade level, nurture the amateur Egyptologist, and fill the needs of the career researcher...what the excellent early-20th-century Baedekers guidebook did, Phillips makes up-to-date and accessible.'--Choice Succeeds in its purpose of presenting everything anyone could want (or need) to know about the use of the column in ancient Eygptian architecture.'--KMT: A Modern Journal of Egyptology This concerted concentration can start the neophyte beginning at current perhaps 10th-grade level, nurture the amateur Egyptologist, and fill the needs of the career researcher...what the excellent early-20th-century Baedekers guidebook did, Phillips makes up-to-date and accessible.'--Choice A useful, well-written and profusely-illustrated corpus which will be of immense value to students of Egyptology and to anyone interested in Egyptian architecture. The authors wide knowledge of his subject and his enthusiasm for it are evident throughout.'--Egyptian Archaeology Author InformationThe author, J. Peter Phillips, is an amateur Egyptologist who has lectured widely on this topic throughout the UK. His work has been enthusiastically endorsed by Rosalind Janssen, of University College London, who has contributed a Foreword to the book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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