Selected Lectures of Rudolf Wittkower : The Impact of Non-European Civilization on the Art of the West
by Reynolds, Donald Martin ; editor : [ Wittkower, Rudolf ]
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Name on flyleaf. Minor wear. VG. Art History Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1989 orig. cloth 24x16cm, xxix,235 pp., Foreword by Margot Wittkower. Contents: Europe and the Near East - migrations and waves of penetration; Egypt and Europe; the obelisk - its role in architectural decoration and urban organization, its significance in the 17th and 18th centuries; hieroglyphics - the conceptual impact of Egypt from the 15th century onward, philological concerns in the 17th and 18th centuries; Piranesi's contribution to European Egyptomania; China and Europe - early connections,chinoiserie and the Anglo-Chinese garden; Europe, India and the Turks.
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- Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark (DK)
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- Title
- Selected Lectures of Rudolf Wittkower : The Impact of Non-European Civilization on the Art of the West
- Author
- Reynolds, Donald Martin ; editor : [ Wittkower, Rudolf ]
- Book Condition
- Used - Name on flyleaf. Minor wear. VG.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 052130508X
- ISBN 13
- 9780521305082
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- West Nyack, New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- European Art Egyptian Asian Influences
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