Prisse d Avennes Egyptian Art
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A lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture the French author artist and scholar Achille Constant Théodore Émile Prisse d Avennes 1807 1879 is famed as one of the most influential Egyptologists long before the discipline was even properly established Prisse first embarked on his explorations in 1836 documenting sites throughout the Nile Valley often under his Egyptian pseudonym Edris Effendi Prisse s first publication of notes drawings and squeezes a kind of frottage came in the form of Les Monuments égyptiens a modest collection of 51 plates but one met with considerable acclaim in popular and intellectual circles Encouraged by his success Prisse returned to Egypt in the late 1850s to expand his work into the collection L Histoire de l art égyptien together with his first volume these two tomes make up a truly complete survey of Egyptian art His albums cover architecture drawing sculpture painting and industrial or minor arts with sections plans architectural details and surface decoration all documented with utmost sensitivity and accuracy Even when compared to the products of the great state sponsored expeditions to Egypt of this period Prisse s compendium remains the largest single handed illustrated record of Egyptian art in existence Discover the complete collection of Prisse s unsurpassed illustrations in a visual and archaeological feast of symmetry and complexity Once exclusively available as an XL sized title this Bibliotheca Universalis edition captures all the mystery and opulence of Prisse s groundbreaking collection in an affordable compact format About the series Bibliotheca Universalis Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe Tanıtım Bülteninden
