The Egyptian Renaissance: The Afterlife of Ancient Egypt in Early Modern Italy

By Brian Curran, Brian A. Curran

Fascination with ancient Egypt is a recurring theme in Western culture, and here Brian Curran uncovers its deep roots in the Italian Renaissance, which embraced not only classical art and literatur...

Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome Vol. 54

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Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome Vol. 58

By Brian A. Curran

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By Brian A. Curran

Obelisk

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The many meanings of obelisks across nearly forty centuries, from Ancient Egypt (which invented them) to twentieth-century America (which put them in Hollywood epics).Nearly every empire worthy of...