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Author : William Ricketts Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Obelisks
ISBN : OXFORD:600081483
Author : Henry Honeychurch Gorringe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Obelisks
ISBN : UOM:39015004775006
"A deluxe book produced at the point that Harroun and Bierstadt dissolved their business ... The Artotypes in this book are some of the finest produced by Bierstadt. The pictorial record of this engineering feat is remarkable in itself; casing and tilting the obelisk, loading it into the side of the ship by removing part of the hull, pulling it out on a special dock in the Hudson and then moving it by custom made rail from the river to the site next to the Metropolitan Museum. The illustrations show the hieroglyphics, now mostly lost due to New York's polluted air, bright and clear."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 82
Author : Susan Sorek
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781802079418
Obelisks, originally associated with the sun cult, had their heyday between 2000 and 1500 BC, when they adorned the Nile’s banks and proclaimed the splendour of the pharaohs. Today, only twenty-seven Egyptian obelisks remain standing and they are scattered in various locations throughout the world. Rome, with thirteen, boasts more than anywhere else, including Egypt itself. These monolithic structures can be seen in every corner of the ‘Eternal City’ and still hold a fascination for all who gaze upon them. This book is intended as a general guide to the obelisks that have found their way to the four corners of the earth. It examines the interest shown in them by the Roman emperors; it discusses each obelisk in detail, and traces individual histories and anecdotes concerning their journeys from Egypt. The work is illustrated throughout and translations of some of the relevant historical texts are supplied.
Author : W. Cooper,M. Chabas
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1501076256
An excerpt from the beginning of Chapter I. Characteristics of an Obelisk: OF all the monuments of Egypt the most striking and the most characteristic are the Obelisk and the Pyramid; both of them solar emblems: the one significant of the rising, and the other of the setting sun; and both alike dating from that pre-historic period of civilization which was in perfection ere the Father of the Faithful had descended from Ur of the Chaldees, or the Turanian races of India were oppressed by their Aryan brethren. For so long a succession of centuries has the Obelisk been admired and copied in the various cities of Africa, Asia, and Europe; Alexandria, Constantinople, and Rome, that the original peculiarities of the structure itself have been occasionally lost sight of: and any single vertical monument that could not be exactly described as a column, has been set down as an obelisk. Hence there is still in popular acceptance some inaccuracy as to the exact form that an obelisk should assume: and it becomes necessary at once to define what an obelisk is, and what it is not as to external form, before we proceed to examine the intention of its symbolism. An obelisk, or tekhen, to give it its Egyptian name, then, is a monument composed of a single quadrangular upright stone, having its four faces inclined towards each other; and in section, all its angles, right angles, and all its sides; parallel to each other ; its height is not less than that of ten diameters, taken at the base; and its apex is abruptly terminated by a small pyramidion, whose faces are inclined at about an angle of sixty degrees. The obelisk is generally supported upon a quadrangular base, the height of which is approximately that of a cube and a half, and which is also, like the obelisk, composed of a single stone, this base is further supported by two broad and deep steps. It is not necessary that the four sides of either obelisk or base ' have in section the same width, provided that each opposite side is exactly equal; but it is necessary that jail the lines of the monument be right lines; and that it should have no more than four sides. A polygonal, or a cylindrical monolith is not an obelisk; on the other hand, obelisks may be either inscribed or uninscribed; but the ornamentation is never in relief, other than the low sunken relief used in Egyptian art, and known as incavo relievo; and the inscription is always vertical with the lines of the monument, and not horizontal. It must be added, also, that entasis or that slight curvature of all long lines, which is so marked a feature in classic architecture, is wholly foreign to the design of an obelisk in the best period of Pharaohnic art.
Author : John Henry Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Obelisks
ISBN : RMS:RMSSADIP000002626$$$3
Author : Brian A. Curran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015078797373
Nearly every empire worthy of the name--from ancient Rome to the United States--has sought an Egyptian obelisk to place in the center of a ceremonial space. Obelisks--giant standing stones, invented in Ancient Egypt as sacred objects--serve no practical purpose. This beautifully illustrated book traces the fate and many meanings of obelisks across nearly forty centuries--what they meant to the Egyptians, and how other cultures have borrowed, interpreted, understood, and misunderstood them through the years.
Author : Reginald Engelbach
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547244295
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Aswân Obelisk" (With some remarks on the Ancient Engineering) by Reginald Engelbach. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : John Henry Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Obelisks
ISBN : OXFORD:302078591
Author : John Henry Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Architecture, Roman
ISBN : HARVARD:32044005624358
Author : Sir Erasmus Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Ancient Egypt
ISBN : OXFORD:302078589
Author : Bob Brier
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781474242950
In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586 – one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance. Roman emperors moved more than a dozen, but left no records of how they did it. The nineteenth-century engineers entrusted with transporting the obelisks across oceans had to invent new methods, and they were far from certain that they would work. As the three obelisks, bound for Paris, London and New York, sailed towards their new homes, the world held its breath. Newspapers reported the obelisks' daily progress, complete with dramatic illustrations of the heroic deeds of the engineers and crews struggling under nearly impossible conditions. When the obelisks finally arrived safely in their new homes, bands played Cleopatra's Needle Waltz and silver obelisk pencils dangled from fashionable ladies' necks. This turbulent era, caught up in obelisk mania, is recreated by Bob Brier in all its glory. Amid astounding tales of engineering dexterity and naval endurance, the individuals involved in transporting the obelisks and receiving them in their future homes are brought to life through their letters and diaries, newspaper articles and illustrations. Written by a renowned Egyptologist and author, this compelling book will fascinate all those interested in Egypt, its iconic monuments and the history of great endeavour.
Author : John Henry Parker
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1377284255
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Author : Judith Jones,Frederic Jones
Publisher : Prima Lifestyles
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0761504192
Archaeologist and historian John Howard is stymied in his work by the huge amount of historical material lost in the Cataclysm of 2479. When an alien technology makes time travel possible, Howard becomes obsessed with retrieving an unimaginable hoard of artifacts--the treasure trove of humanity's history.
Author : Labib Habachi,Charles Cornell Van Siclen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015033426977
Author : Charles Edward Moldenke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Obelisks
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030024668578