Obelisk : a history /

Obelisk : a history /

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

Format: Book

Language: English

Series: Burndy Library publications ; 2.

Subjects:

Obelisks.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Egypt > History.

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Call Number: DT62 .O2 O53 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • The sacred obelisks of ancient Egypt
  • The obelisks of Rome
  • Survival, revival, transformations : middle ages to renaissance
  • The high renaissance : ancient wisdom and imperium
  • Moving the Vatican obelisk
  • Changing the stone : Egyptology, antiquarianism, and magic
  • Baroque readings : Athanasius Kircher and obelisks
  • Grandeur : real and delusional
  • The eighteenth century: new perspectives
  • Napoleon, champollion, and Egypt
  • Cleopatra's needles : London and New York
  • The twentieth century and beyond.