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Author Hewitt, Jim.

Title Egypt visual sourcebook : for artists, architects, and designers / Jim Hewitt
Published Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2011

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  722.2 Hew/Evs  AVAILABLE
Description 385 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
4 3/4 in
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Photo Plates -- Cairo Citadel -- Coptic Cairo -- Cairo Bazaar -- Streets and Buildings -- Giza Pyramids -- Saqqara Pyramid -- Abu Simbel Temple -- Kom Ombo Temple -- Edfu Temple -- Luxor Temple -- Karnak Temple -- Philae Temple -- Mount Sinai -- Saint Catherine's Monastery -- 2.Typologies -- Arches -- Mihrabs -- Doorways -- Windows -- Wall Embellishments -- Corbels -- Wooden Brackets -- Lighting -- Balconies and Screens -- Railings -- Rooflines -- Domes -- Minarets -- Columns -- Column Capitals -- 3.Details and Surfaces -- Balconies and Screens -- Column Capitals -- Statues -- Bas-relief -- Hieroglyphs/Carved -- Hieroglyphs/Painted -- Architecture -- Tile -- Fabric -- Wood -- Metal -- Screens and Grillwork -- Wall Surfaces/Composite -- Wall Surfaces/Stone -- Wall Surfaces/Brick and Block -- Wall Surfaces/Stucco -- Stone Surfaces -- Natural Stone Surfaces -- 4.Graphics -- Street Graphics -- Packaging
Summary This unique visual reference guide will be an invaluable resource to professional designers--from architects to illustrators, production designers, art directors, decorators, film concept artists, sculptors, and painters. It utilizes color photographs to illustrate a wide range of locations and styles of architecture throughout Egypt, particularly highlighting architectural elements that may be incorporated into a variety of designs and styles including arches, doorways, windows, balconies, wall finishes, and more. Photographic plates of modern and ancient Egypt, showing markets, buildings, temples, tombs, and daily life are cross-referenced with enlarged details and grouped for functional comparisons to cater to the various approaches a designer may take from conception to completion. With some 1,000 color illustrations, thorough referencing, and detailed observation, this book will serve a very specific need while also appealing to a wider audience as a visual celebration of many aspects of Egypt, familiar and unfamiliar.--From publisher description
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 384)
Notes Print version record
Subject Architectural design -- Egypt -- Pictorial works.
Architecture -- Egypt -- Pictorial works.
Architecture -- Egypt.
Buildings -- Egypt -- Pictorial works.
Historic buildings -- Egypt -- Pictorial works.
SUBJECT Egypt -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009125211
Egypt http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061791 -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
Genre/Form Illustrated works.
LC no. 2011453425
ISBN 9774164334
9789774164330