Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
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00 - Prefaces
6:10 -
01 - Architecture - Civil and Military - 1: Houses
21:27 -
02 - Architecture - Civil and Military - 2: Fortresses
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03 - Architecture - Civil and Military - 3: Public Works
14:53 -
04 - Religious Architecture - Materials: Principles of Construction
22:40 -
05 - Religious Architecture - Temples
28:27 -
06 - Religious Architecture - Decoration
27:26 -
07 - Tombs - Mastabas
22:57 -
08 - Tombs - The Pyramids
19:35 -
09 - Tombs - Tombs of the Theban Empire; Rock-cut Tombs
32:12 -
10 - Painting and Sculpture - Drawing and Composition
27:05 -
11 - Painting and Sculpture - Technical Processes
20:07 -
12 - Painting and Sculpture - Sculpture
40:02 -
13 - The Industrial Arts - Stone, Clay and Glass
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14 - The Industrial Arts - Wood, Ivory, Leather; Textile Fabrics
36:47 -
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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- G. Maspero
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