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

Title

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

Author

Curran, Brian A. (Brian Anthony), 1953-

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

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Description

xiv, 431 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Subjects

Renaissance > Italy
Italy > Civilization > 1268-1559
Egyptology > Italy > History
Italy > Civilization > Egyptian influences

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-411) and index.

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.

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