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  1. 00 - Prefaces

    6:10

  2. 01 - Architecture - Civil and Military - 1: Houses

    21:27

  3. 02 - Architecture - Civil and Military - 2: Fortresses

    17:13

  4. 03 - Architecture - Civil and Military - 3: Public Works

    14:53

  5. 04 - Religious Architecture - Materials: Principles of Construction

    22:40

  6. 05 - Religious Architecture - Temples

    28:27

  7. 06 - Religious Architecture - Decoration

    27:26

  8. 07 - Tombs - Mastabas

    22:57

  9. 08 - Tombs - The Pyramids

    19:35

  10. 09 - Tombs - Tombs of the Theban Empire; Rock-cut Tombs

    32:12

  11. 10 - Painting and Sculpture - Drawing and Composition

    27:05

  12. 11 - Painting and Sculpture - Technical Processes

    20:07

  13. 12 - Painting and Sculpture - Sculpture

    40:02

  14. 13 - The Industrial Arts - Stone, Clay and Glass

    35:54

  15. 14 - The Industrial Arts - Wood, Ivory, Leather; Textile Fabrics

    36:47

  16. 15 The Industrial Art - Metals

    37:00

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A chisel mark on a statue can tell a story about the hands that shaped it. G. Maspero's handbook approaches ancient Egypt through its buildings, artworks and practical crafts, explaining how objects were constructed as well as what they represented. Translated by Amelia B. Edwards, the revised 1895 edition covers houses and fortresses, temples, tombs, painting, sculpture and the industrial arts. Its contents range from the layout of pyramids to glass vessels, furniture and jewellery.

The discussion of sculpture follows visible tool marks into questions about chisels, drills and the working of hard stone. Maspero compares surviving objects with contemporary workshop methods and describes models used to train apprentices. Readers interested in museum collections or the history of archaeology will find a nineteenth-century account that connects finished monuments with materials, tools and skilled labour. The attention to construction gives familiar Egyptian forms a practical dimension.

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About 6 hours
Pages
638
Language
English
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Timothy Ferguson