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Prisse d'Avennes. Egyptian Art (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
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Prisse d'Avennes. Egyptian Art (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
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A lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture, the
French author, artist, and scholar Achille-Constant-Theodore-Emile
Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) is famed as one of the most
influential Egyptologists, long before the discipline was even
properly established. Prisse first embarked on his explorations in
1836, documenting sites throughout the Nile Valley, often under his
Egyptian pseudonym, Edris Effendi. Prisse's first publication of
notes, drawings, and squeezes (a kind of frottage) came in the form
of Les Monuments egyptiens, a modest collection of 51 plates, but
one met with considerable acclaim in popular and intellectual
circles. Encouraged by his success, Prisse returned to Egypt in the
late 1850s to expand his work into the collection L'Histoire de
l'art egyptien-together with his first volume, these two tomes make
up a truly complete survey of Egyptian art. His albums cover
architecture, drawing, sculpture, painting, and industrial or minor
arts, with sections, plans, architectural details, and surface
decoration all documented with utmost sensitivity and accuracy.
Even when compared to the products of the great state-sponsored
expeditions to Egypt of this period, Prisse's compendium remains
the largest, single-handed illustrated record of Egyptian art in
existence. Discover the complete collection of Prisse's unsurpassed
illustrations in a visual and archaeological feast of symmetry and
complexity. Once exclusively available as an XL-sized title, this
Bibliotheca Universalis edition captures all the mystery and
opulence of Prisse's groundbreaking collection in an affordable,
compact format. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact
cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!
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