The Egyptian renaissance : the afterlife of ancient Egypt in early modern Italy /

The Egyptian renaissance : the afterlife of ancient Egypt in early modern Italy /

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Main Author: Curran, Brian A. 1953- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Subjects:

Egyptology > Italy > History.
Renaissance > Italy.
Italy > Civilization > Egyptian influences.
Italy > Civilization > 1268-1559.

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Call Number: DG445 .C93 2007

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Table of Contents:
  • The memory of Egypt
  • Egyptian monuments from antiquity to the Middle Ages
  • Humanists and hieroglyphs
  • Egyptian monuments for Renaissance princes
  • Sacred writings : Hermes Trismegistus and hieroglyphic epigraphy
  • Egyptian ancestors : Alexander VI, Pinturicchio, and Annius of Viterbo
  • Egypt in Venice : Francesco Colonna and Gentile Bellini
  • Cleopatra and the second Julius : Egypt and the dream of empire in High Renaissance Rome
  • Egyptian lives (and afterlives) in the Rome of the Medici popes
  • Hieroglyphic studies in the High Renaissance
  • The scepter of Osiris : Egyptian mysteries in the Missal of Cardinal Pompeo Colonna
  • Conclusion : The Egyptian in the mirror.