Margo Veillon

Author : Margo Veillon
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9774247213

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Margo Veillon by Margo Veillon Pdf

Margo Veillon, one of Egypt's best loved artists, here presents a sampling of her work from throughout her career, as represented in a legacy bequeathed to the American University in Cairo. The collection includes work from across the decades of her career as well as across a variety of media. Although Margo has lived part of her life in Europe, it is clearly Egypt that has held her imagination in all these long years of artistic innovation. One strand of her work is characterized by an ability to capture and depict the energy of a specific moment in time, be it a toss of wheat in the air to separate the chaff, the stoic bride in a wedding procession, or a horse dancing in a tent at a mulid. The stones, sands, and constantly changing light of the desert have been the inspiration for many years for another major line of artistic expression. And a third strand has been her exploration of all that can be seen, not seen, and sensed in one place, in her remarkable series of Global Perspectives. These threads and others no less individual and innovative make up the extraordinarily rich tapestry of Margo Veillon's artistic career, as brought together in the AUC Permanent Collection.

Author : Bruno Ronfard
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015047884310

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Margo Veillon : Witness Of A Century by Bruno Ronfard Pdf

Margo Veillon, one of Egypt's best known and best loved artists, was born in Cairo in 1907 to a Swiss father and an Austrian mother and died in the same city in 2003. For most of her 96 years she painted and drew Egypt, from north to south, from countryside to city, as well as Paris, London, and other parts of the world. As a witness to a century of enormous change in Egypt as much as elsewhere, she produced a huge, rich, and varied body of work that includes work from across the decades of her career as well as across a variety of media. Although Margo lived part of her life in Europe, it was clearly Egypt that held her imagination through all those long years of artistic innovation. One strand of her work is characterized by an ability to capture and depict the energy of a specific moment in time, be it a toss of wheat in the air to separate the chaff, the stoic bride in a wedding procession, or a horse dancing in a tent at a mulid. The stones, sands, and constantly changing light of the desert were the inspiration for many years for another major line of artistic expression. And a third strand was her exploration of all that can be seen, not seen, and sensed in one place, in her remarkable series of Global Perspectives. These threads and others no less individual and innovative make up the extraordinarily rich tapestry of Margo Veillon's artistic career over nearly one hundred years.

Author : Aran Byrne
Publisher : Gingko Library
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909942035

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East-West Divan by Aran Byrne Pdf

This collection of scholarly essays on Egyptian culture, history, society, archeology, literature, art, and conservation is published in memory of Werner Mark Linz, who spent much of the latter part of his professional life as the Director of the American University in Cairo Press. East-West Divan is the first volume of the Gingko Library, a publishing project that embraces scholarship from both East and West, conceived by Werner Mark Linz to foster greater cross-cultural understanding. Among the contributors to this collection are the Egyptian novelist Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building; Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass; the renowned Swiss theologian, Hans Küng; the author of the acclaimed A Fort of Nine Towers, Qais Akbar Omar; and Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan.

Author : John G. Kennedy
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9774249550

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Nubian Ceremonial Life by John G. Kennedy Pdf

Reveals and discusses some of the important and distinctive aspects of Nubian culture. This study contains discussions on the psychology of death ceremonies, the nature of 'taboo,' and the importance of trance curing ceremonies.

Author : Margo Veillon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Drawing
ISBN : OCLC:428228466

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The Drawings of Margo Veillon by Margo Veillon Pdf

Author : Nicholas S. Hopkins,Sohair R. Mehanna
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617973833

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Nubian Encounters by Nicholas S. Hopkins,Sohair R. Mehanna Pdf

In the 1960s the construction of the Aswan High Dam occasioned the forced displacement of a large part of the Nubian population. Beginning in 1960, anthropologists at the American University in Cairo's Social Research Center undertook a survey of the Nubians to be moved and those already outside their historic homeland. The goal was to record and analyze Nubian culture and social organization, to create a record for the future, and to preserve a body of information on which scholars and officials could draw. This book chronicles the research carried out by an international team with the cooperation of many Nubians. Gathered into one volume for the first time are reprinted articles that provide a valuable resource of research data on the Nubian project, as well as photographs taken during the field study that document ways of life that have long since disappeared.

Author : Margo Veillon
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1986-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9774241207

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The Drawings of Margo Veillon by Margo Veillon Pdf

Author : Susan Sinclair
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1508 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047412076

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Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World (2 vols.) by Susan Sinclair Pdf

Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus, the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. The editors have surveyed and annotated a wide range of books and articles from collected volumes and journals published in all European languages (except Turkish) between 1906 and 2011. This comprehensive bibliography is an indispensable tool for everyone involved in the study of material culture in Muslim societies.

Author : John Castagno
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781461658474

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European Artists III by John Castagno Pdf

John Castagno's Artists' Signatures and Monograms have become the standard reference source for galleries, museums, libraries, and collectors around the world. European Artists III: Signatures and Monograms From 1800, A Directory features an additional 2,800 artists and signatures. In addition to the standard signature entries, the book features sections for monograms and initials, common surname signatures, alternative surname signatures, and illegible signatures. It provides the researcher a reference tool not duplicated elsewhere—one that will save many hours of research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017463949

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The Middle East by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Egypt
ISBN : IND:30000046366104

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مصر اليوم by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur Goldschmidt
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1555872298

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Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt by Arthur Goldschmidt Pdf

This desk reference provides biodata, biographical sketches, and source material for approximately 500 men and women who have played a major role in Egypt's national life.

Author : Margo Veillon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015052475574

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Egyptian Harvests by Margo Veillon Pdf

Margo Veillon, one of Egypt's best known and best loved artists, has long been fascinated by the Egyptian countryside and the world of the fellahin--the color and bustle of their villages, their hard labor in the fields. Here in this exceptional book is her collected vision of that world: decades' worth of paintings, sketches, and photographs that capture all the color, vitality, toil, and dignity of life on the land under Egypt's blazing but beneficent sun. She records the women's chores, the floodwaters, the irrigation of the fields, their ploughing, the reaping of wheat and sugar cane, the picking of tomatoes and bananas. Her strong, rapid lines translate the calm, slow movements of the laborers with brio but also with serenity. This remarkable collection of images is a celebration of the agrarian scene: the sights, sounds, and smells of the Egyptian rural landscape rise from its pages.

Author : Margo Veillon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015060601823

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Nubia by Margo Veillon Pdf

From 1964 onward much of the ancient land of Nubia sank forever in the waters of Lake Nasser, behind the new Aswan High Dam. Margo Veillon had been fascinated by the vibrancy, color, and movement of the life of ordinary people in Nubia since the 1930s. In the company of friends and fellow artists she made numerous extended visits to capture in her artwork a lifestyle that has now vanished. This book is a record of her journeys. Presenting the Nile as this beautiful land's thoroughfare, her drawings and photographs reflect the impact of this world upon her. Veillon's diaries, notes, and pictures vividly illuminate one of the world's most visually oriented cultures in a style that is as expressive as its subject, thus offering not only an image captured at a particular moment in time, which will never be seen again, but the sensitivity and skill of brain, eye, and hand that made that capture possible.Also available:Margo Veillon: The Bursting Movement edited by Charlotte Hug (AUC Press, 1996)Margo Veillon: Egyptian Harvestsedited by Charlotte Hug (AUC Press, 2000)Margo Veillon: Egyptian Festivalsedited by Bruno Ronfard (AUC Press, 2002)Margo Veillon: Painting Egypt: The Masterpiece Collection at the American University in Cairoedited by Bruno Ronfard (AUC Press, 2003)

Author : Sherifa Zuhur
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 9774244672

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Images of Enchantment by Sherifa Zuhur Pdf

This original and multidimensional book brings a refreshing new approach to the study of the arts of the Middle East. By dealing in one volume with dance, music, painting, and cinema, as experienced and practiced not only within the Middle East but also abroad, Images of Enchantment breaks down the artificial distinctions--of form, geography, 'high' and 'low' art, performer and artist--that are so often used to delineate the subjects and processes of Middle Eastern artistic culture. The eighteen essays in this book cover themes as diverse as Bedouin dance, the music of Arab Americans, cinema in Egypt and Iran, Hollywood representations of the Middle East, and contemporary Sudanese painting. The contributions come from scholars and critics and from the artists themselves. Together, they present a wide-ranging and holistic view of the arts in their social, political, anthropological, and gender contexts. Contributors: Walter Armbrust, Farida Ben Lyazid, Kay Hardy Campbell, Virginia Danielson, Marjorie Franken, Sondra Hale, Carolee Kent, Hamid Naficy, Salwa Mikdadi Nashashibi, Anne K. Rasmussen, Selim Sednaoui, Simon Shaheen, Rebecca Stone, Chaïbia Talal, Karin Van Nieuwkerk, William Young, Sherifa Zuhur.