Rose-Marie HagenCritiques

Amazing read! Great information and stunning photos. Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Egypt.

O último dos velhos mestres foi o primeiro dos modernos.


http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_054.jpg

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Goya_Alba1.jpg

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Capricho_43,_El_sueño_de_la_razón_produce...

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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Isabel_Lobo_Velasco_de_Porcel.jpg

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Goya_Maja_naga2.jpg

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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:El_Tres_de_Mayo,_by_Francisco_de_Goya,_from...

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Francisco_de_Goya,_Saturno_devorando_a_su_h...

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENTcnt_id=101341986734319...

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENTcnt_id=101341986732259...

This book has 45 pages of gorgeous full page illustrations of ancient Egyptian art objects from 2700 BC to 24 AD, each page accompanied by a page of text.

Nice pictures, but the mentions of reincarnation in the text worry me. I'm not sure, but I don't think the Egyptians believed in reincarnation.½

Very beautifully illustrated, this large book presents the story of Egypt from prehistory through early contact with western archaeologists. The focus is what has been learned through archaeological exploration throughout each historical period. Sections on grave robbing and the role of women are particularly interesting. Includes some sexually explicit illustrations.

4 to 5 pages of context for each choosen painting. Well writen, it gives you an idea of the paiting background, the history behind it and, using inserts por specific parts of the painting, calls your attention to details. I found the approach very interesting, a con I found is sometimes the quality of the printing isn't all that good (some blurred pages). Anyway, I do like it.

(Come inizia:) " Quando il duca d'Alba fece il suo ingresso a Bruxelles, Pieter Bruegel aveva circa quarant'anni, era sposato e aveva un figlio. È ben vero che la sua fama di artista non risuonò in tutta Europa come nel caso di Michelangelo, morto poco prima, o di Tiziano, da cui tutti i principi ambivano farsi ritrarre ... "

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