The Egyptian renaissance : the afterlife of ancient Egypt in early modern Italy

The Egyptian renaissance : the afterlife of ancient Egypt in early modern Italy / Brian Curran.

Author/creator	Curran, Brian A. (Brian Anthony), 1953-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Description	xiv, 431 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Egyptology--Italy --History. Renaissance--Italy. Italy--Civilization --Egyptian influences. Italy--Civilization --1268-1559.

Contents	The memory of Egypt -- Egyptian monuments from antiquity to the Middle Ages -- Humanists and hieroglyphs -- Egyptian monuments for Renaissance princes -- Sacred writings : Hermes Trismegistus and hieroglyphic epigraphy -- Egyptian ancestors : Alexander VI, Pinturicchio, and Annius of Viterbo -- Egypt in Venice : Francesco Colonna and Gentile Bellini -- Cleopatra and the second Julius : Egypt and the dream of empire in High Renaissance Rome -- Egyptian lives (and afterlives) in the Rome of the Medici popes -- Hieroglyphic studies in the High Renaissance -- The scepter of Osiris : Egyptian mysteries in the Missal of Cardinal Pompeo Colonna -- Conclusion : The Egyptian in the mirror.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-411) and index.
LCCN	2006024210
ISBN	9780226128931 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226128938 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DG445.C93 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold