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The architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, c. 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 / Judith McKenzie.
Series: Yale University Press Pelican history of artPublication details: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2007.Description: xx, 458 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN:- 9780300170948 (pbk.) :
- 0300170947 (pbk.) :
- 0300115555 (alk. paper) :
- 9780300115550 (alk. paper)
- NA216.A5 M45 2007
Contents:
pt. 1. The setting. How ancient Alexandria was lost -- Reconstructing the plan of ancient Alexandria : the archaeological evidence -- pt. 2. Ptolemaic period. Ptolemaic Alexandria : buildings erected from the late fourth century to the mid-first century BC -- Cleopatra's Alexandria, and the Roman conquest -- Classical architectural style of Ptolemaic Alexandria and its depiction -- Traditional Egyptian architecture -- pt. 3. Roman period. Classical architecture in the cities and towns of Roman Egypt -- Roman Alexandria -- Classical architectural style of Roman Alexandria and Egypt -- pt. 4. Late antique (Byzantine) period. The churches of late antique Alexandria : the written sources -- Church buildings in late antique Egypt : the archaeological evidence -- Architectural scholarship and education in Alexandria -- Influence of Alexandria on Byzantine architecture outside Egypt -- Pictorial tradition of Alexandrian architecture in Byzantine and early Islamic art.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [430]-444) and index.
pt. 1. The setting. How ancient Alexandria was lost -- Reconstructing the plan of ancient Alexandria : the archaeological evidence -- pt. 2. Ptolemaic period. Ptolemaic Alexandria : buildings erected from the late fourth century to the mid-first century BC -- Cleopatra's Alexandria, and the Roman conquest -- Classical architectural style of Ptolemaic Alexandria and its depiction -- Traditional Egyptian architecture -- pt. 3. Roman period. Classical architecture in the cities and towns of Roman Egypt -- Roman Alexandria -- Classical architectural style of Roman Alexandria and Egypt -- pt. 4. Late antique (Byzantine) period. The churches of late antique Alexandria : the written sources -- Church buildings in late antique Egypt : the archaeological evidence -- Architectural scholarship and education in Alexandria -- Influence of Alexandria on Byzantine architecture outside Egypt -- Pictorial tradition of Alexandrian architecture in Byzantine and early Islamic art.
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