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Author |
: Sara E. Cole |
Publisher |
: Getty Publications |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 2018-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781606065518 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1606065513 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beyond the Nile by : Sara E. Cole
From about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cultural exchange in the eastern Mediterranean, importing and exporting not just wares but also new artistic techniques and styles. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman craftsmen imitated one another’s work, creating cultural and artistic hybrids that transcended a single tradition. Yet in spite of the remarkable artistic production that resulted from these interchanges, the complex vicissitudes of exchange between Egypt and the Classical world over the course of nearly 2500 years have not been comprehensively explored in a major exhibition or publication in the United States. It is precisely this aspect of Egypt’s history, however, that Beyond the Nile uncovers. Renowned scholars have come together to provide compelling analyses of the constantly evolving dynamics of cultural exchange, first between Egyptians and Greeks—during the Bronze Age, then the Archaic and Classical periods of Greece, and finally Ptolemaic Egypt—and later, when Egypt passed to Roman rule with the defeat of Cleopatra. Beyond the Nile, a milestone publication issued on the occasion of a major international exhibition, will become an indispensable contribution to the field. With gorgeous photographs of more than two hundred rare objects, including frescoes, statues, obelisks, jewelry, papyri, pottery, and coins, this volume offers an essential and inter-disciplinary approach to the rich world of artistic cross-pollination during antiquity.
Author |
: Toby Wilkinson |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 406 |
Release |
: 2014-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781408839935 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1408839938 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Nile by : Toby Wilkinson
From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers and Victorian steamers today carries modern-day tourists past bankside settlements in which rural life – fishing, farming, flooding – continues much as it has for millennia. At this most critical juncture in the country's history, foremost Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey up the Nile, north from Lake Victoria, from Cataract to Cataract, past the Aswan Dam, to the delta. The country is a palimpsest, every age has left its trace: as we pass the Nilometer on the island of Elephantine which since the days of the Pharaohs has measured the height of Nile floodwaters to predict the following season's agricultural yield and set the parameters for the entire Egyptian economy, the wonders of Giza which bear the scars of assault by nineteenth-century archaeologists and the modern-day unbridled urban expansion of Cairo – and in Egypt's earliest art (prehistoric images of fish-traps carved into cliffs) and the Arab Spring (fought on the bridges of Cairo) – the Nile is our guide to understanding the past and present of this unique, chaotic, vital, conservative yet rapidly changing land.
Author |
: Alex Dika Seggerman |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2019-08-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469653051 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469653052 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modernism on the Nile by : Alex Dika Seggerman
Analyzing the modernist art movement that arose in Cairo and Alexandria from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s, Alex Dika Seggerman reveals how the visual arts were part of a multifaceted transnational modernism. While the work of diverse, major Egyptian artists during this era may have appeared to be secular, she argues, it reflected the subtle but essential inflection of Islam, as a faith, history, and lived experience, in the overarching development of Middle Eastern modernity. Challenging typical views of modernism in art history as solely Euro-American, and expanding the conventional periodization of Islamic art history, Seggerman theorizes a "constellational modernism" for the emerging field of global modernism. Rather than seeing modernism in a generalized, hyperconnected network, she finds that art and artists circulated in distinct constellations that encompassed finite local and transnational relations. Such constellations, which could engage visual systems both along and beyond the Nile, from Los Angeles to Delhi, were materialized in visual culture that ranged from oil paintings and sculpture to photography and prints. Based on extensive research in Egypt, Europe, and the United States, this richly illustrated book poses a compelling argument for the importance of Muslim networks to global modernism.
Author |
: Eloise Jarvis McGraw |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2018-03-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780425291733 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0425291731 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mara, Daughter of the Nile by : Eloise Jarvis McGraw
From a three-time Newbery Honoree and Edgar Award-winning author comes this compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt.
Author |
: Gretta Petersen Gossett |
Publisher |
: Glen Adams |
Total Pages |
: 502 |
Release |
: 1979 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0877702136 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780877702139 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beyond the Bend by : Gretta Petersen Gossett
Author |
: Levison Wood |
Publisher |
: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 455 |
Release |
: 2016-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802190680 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0802190685 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Walking the Nile by : Levison Wood
The explorer and author of Walking the Americas and Walking the Himalayas delivers “a bold travelogue, illuminating great swathes of modern Africa” (Kirkus Reviews). Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda—where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water—writer, photographer, and explorer Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the fabled river. He followed the Nile for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations—Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt—to the Mediterranean coast. Like his predecessors, Wood camped in the wild, foraged for food, and trudged through rainforest, swamp, savannah, and desert, enduring life-threatening conditions at every turn. He traversed sandstorms, flash floods, minefields, and more, becoming a local celebrity in Uganda, where a popular rap song was written about him, and a potential enemy of the state in South Sudan, where he found himself caught in a civil war and detained by the secret police. As well as recounting his triumphs, like escaping a charging hippo and staving off wild crocodiles, Wood’s gripping account recalls the loss of Matthew Power, a journalist who died suddenly from heat exhaustion during their trek. As Wood walks on, often joined by local guides who help him to navigate foreign languages and customs, Walking the Nile maps out African history and contemporary life. “Woods emerges as a dutiful and brave guide.”—Los Angeles Times “Many have attempted this holy grail of an expedition—so I admire Lev’s determination and courage to pull this off.”—Bear Grylls “A brilliant book.”—Financial Times
Author |
: Robert Twigger |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 641 |
Release |
: 2014-10-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466853904 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466853905 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Red Nile by : Robert Twigger
From religion, to language, to the stories rooted in our faith and history books, the Nile River has proven to be a constant fixture in mankind's tales. In this dazzling, idiosyncratic journey from ancient times to the Arab Spring, Red Nile navigates a meandering course through the history of the world's greatest river, exploring this unique breeding ground for creativity, power clashes, and constant change. Seasoned historical writer Robert Twigger connects the comprehensive history of the Nile with his personal experience of living in Egypt while researching the Nile's historical origins. Twigger covers the entirety of the river, charting the length of the Nile from its disputed origins through Africa on a whirlwind tour of the rulers, explorers, conquerors, generals, and novelists who painted the Nile "red." Both comprehensive and intimate, this narrative guides readers through history by way of the mighty river known across the world. The result of this meticulously researched book is an all-inclusive history of this epic river and the incredible connections throughout history. The stories of excess, love, passion, splendor, and violence are what make the Nile so engaging, even after centuries of change.
Author |
: Jessica Barnes |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 405 |
Release |
: 2014-09-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822376217 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822376210 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cultivating the Nile by : Jessica Barnes
The waters of the Nile are fundamental to life in Egypt. In this compelling ethnography, Jessica Barnes explores the everyday politics of water: a politics anchored in the mundane yet vital acts of blocking, releasing, channeling, and diverting water. She examines the quotidian practices of farmers, government engineers, and international donors as they interact with the waters of the Nile flowing into and through Egypt. Situating these local practices in relation to broader processes that affect Nile waters, Barnes moves back and forth from farmer to government ministry, from irrigation canal to international water conference. By showing how the waters of the Nile are constantly made and remade as a resource by people in and outside Egypt, she demonstrates the range of political dynamics, social relations, and technological interventions that must be incorporated into understandings of water and its management.
Author |
: Karol Myśliwiec |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0801440009 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801440007 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Eros on the Nile by : Karol Myśliwiec
Daily life in ancient Egypt was saturated with eroticism and much influenced by cult and magic as well. Ancient Egyptian religion, with its variety of gods living, feeling, and reacting much like mortals, is a valuable index of human lifestyles of the day. This text addresses selected facets of the erotic concepts and practices of the ancient Egyptians, as recorded in art and literature; it also describes some recent archaeological discoveries.
Author |
: Yosef Ben-Jochannan |
Publisher |
: Black Classic Press |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 1989 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0933121261 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780933121263 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Black Man of the Nile and His Family by : Yosef Ben-Jochannan
In a masterful and unique manner, Dr. Ben uses Black Man of the Nile to challenge and expose "Europeanized" African history. Order Black Man of the Nile here.