Author: Reynolds, Donald Martin ; editor : [ Wittkower, Rudolf ]
Title: Selected Lectures of Rudolf Wittkower : The Impact of Non-European Civilization on the Art of the West
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989. orig. cloth. 24x16cm, xxix,235 pp. Foreword by Margot Wittkower.. ISBN: 052130508X. Name on flyleaf. Minor wear. VG. ¶ Contents: Europe and the Near East - migrations and waves of penetration; Egypt and Europe; the obelisk - its role in architectural decoration and urban organization, its significance in the 17th and 18th centuries; hieroglyphics - the conceptual impact of Egypt from the 15th century onward, philological concerns in the 17th and 18th centuries; Piranesi's contribution to European Egyptomania; China and Europe - early connections,chinoiserie and the Anglo-Chinese garden; Europe, India and the Turks.

Keywords: 052130508X Art History, European Art, Egyptian, Asian Influences, , , , ,