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Written at the height of the arts and crafts movement in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Alois Reigl's Stilfragen represented a turning point in defining art and understanding the sources of tis inspiration. Demonstrating an uninterrupted continuity in the history of ornament from the ancient Egyptian through the Islamic period, Riegl argued that the creative urge manifests itself in both "great art" and the most humble artifact, and that change is an inherent part of style. This new translation, which renders Riegl's seminal work in contemporary, readable prose, allows for a fresh reexamination of his thought in light of current revisionist debate. His discovery of infinite variation in the restatement of several decorative motifs--the palmette, rosette, tendril--led Riegl to believe that art is completely independent from exterior conditions and is beyond individual volition. This thinking laid the groundwork for his famous concept of Kunstwollen, or artistic intention. "Something that the translation will, I hope, convey, is the passion invested in Riegl's enterprise. We are made to feel that the issues he discussed mattered vitally to him; it was the very nature of art and its relation to human life that were at stake, art as an absolute necessity." --From the preface of Henri ZernerAlois Reigl (1858-1905) was Curator of Textiles at the Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna during most of his career and wrote many influential works on the history of art, including Spatromische Kunstgeschichte. Evelyn Kain is Associate Professor of Art History at Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin. David Castriota is Assistant Professor of Art History at Sarah Lawrence College. Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Decoration and ornament --- History. --- Aegean art. --- Ancient Egypt. --- Arak (drink). --- Archaeology. --- Art of ancient Egypt. --- Bronze Age. --- Civilization. --- Conflation. --- Cultures (video game series). --- Cylinder Seal. --- Ebla. --- Embellishment. --- Furniture. --- Greek art. --- Idem. --- Iron Age. --- Kerma. --- Lisht. --- Mainz. --- Mastaba. --- Mereruka. --- Mesopotamia. --- Mural. --- New Kingdom of Egypt. --- Nile. --- Nofret. --- Palmette. --- Pilaster. --- Plant stem. --- Ptahhotep. --- Relief. --- Religions of the ancient Near East. --- Saqqara. --- Statue. --- Strasbourg. --- Suggestion. --- The Various. --- Tomb. --- Volute. --- Western Asia.

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In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, "I see wonderful things." Carter's fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall. Written by Eric Cline, an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, this book traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries. Along the way, it addresses the questions archaeologists are asked most often: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? Who gets to keep what is found? Taking readers from the pioneering digs of the eighteenth century to today's exciting new discoveries, Three Stones Make a Wall is a lively and essential introduction to the story of archaeology.

Civilization, Ancient. --- Antiquities. --- Archaeology --- Archaeologists --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Methodology. --- History. --- 3rd millennium BC. --- Aegean civilizations. --- Amenhotep III. --- Ancient Egypt. --- Ancient Greece. --- Antechamber. --- Anthropologist. --- Archaeological site. --- Archaeology. --- Bedouin. --- Bible. --- Bronze Age. --- Building. --- Burial. --- Cave painting. --- Civilization. --- Clay tablet. --- Coffin. --- Dead Sea Scrolls. --- Dendrochronology. --- Ebla. --- Egyptian hieroglyphs. --- Egyptians. --- Egyptology. --- Epigraphy. --- Excavation (archaeology). --- Exploration. --- Faience. --- Figurine. --- Finding. --- Gold leaf. --- Heinrich Schliemann. --- Herculaneum. --- Herodotus. --- Hittites. --- Hominini. --- Howard Carter. --- Indiana Jones. --- Ingot. --- Ishi. --- Jews. --- John Lloyd Stephens. --- Kennewick Man. --- Khufu. --- Knossos. --- Laetoli. --- Lascaux. --- Leather. --- Looting. --- Machu Picchu. --- Mary Leakey. --- Mastaba. --- Mesoamerica. --- Minoan civilization. --- Moche culture. --- Mosul Museum. --- Mummy. --- Mycenae. --- Mycenaean Greece. --- Nazca Lines. --- Neolithic. --- New Kingdom of Egypt. --- Nimrud. --- Nineveh. --- Old Kingdom of Egypt. --- Olmec. --- Paleolithic. --- Pharaoh. --- Pompeii. --- Pottery. --- Priam's Treasure. --- Qumran. --- Radiocarbon dating. --- Remote sensing. --- Roman Empire. --- Ruler. --- Santorini. --- Scientist. --- Sennacherib. --- Seriation (archaeology). --- Sherd. --- Step pyramid. --- Stone tool. --- Stratigraphy. --- Suggestion. --- Technology. --- The Archaeologist. --- The Various. --- Thutmose III. --- Tikal. --- Tiryns. --- Tomb. --- Trojan War. --- Tutankhamun. --- UNESCO. --- Uluburun shipwreck. --- World Heritage Site. --- World War II. --- Writing. --- Yigael Yadin.

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A richly illustrated history that sheds light on ancient Egypt across the millenniaIn this richly illustrated book, renowned archaeologist Donald Redford draws on the latest discoveries—including many of his own—to tell the story of the ancient Egyptian city of Mendes, home of the mysterious cult of the "fornicating ram who mounts the beauties." Excavation by Redford and his colleagues over the past two decades has cast a flood of light on this strange center of worship and political power located in the Nile Delta. A sweeping chronological account filled with photographs, drawings, and informative sidebars, City of the Ram-Man is the first history of Mendes written for general readers.Founded in the remote prehistoric past, inhabited continuously for 5,000 years, and abandoned only in the first-century BC, Mendes is a microcosm of ancient Egyptian history. City of the Ram-Man tells the city's full story—from its founding, through its development of a great society and its brief period as the capital of Egypt, up to its final decline. Central to the story is millennia of worship dedicated to the lascivious ram-god. The book describes the discoveries of the great temple of the ram and the "Mansion of the Rams," where the embalmed bodies of the avatars of the god were buried. It also discusses ancient Greek reports that these ram-gods occasionally ritually fornicated with women.Vividly written and informed throughout by Redford's intimate knowledge of the remains of Mendes, City of the Ram-Man is a unique account of a long-lost monument of Egyptian history, religion, and culture.

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