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    Egypt Visual Sourcebook: For Artists, Architects, and Designers
    Egypt Visual Sourcebook: For Artists, Architects, and Designers
    Egypt Visual Sourcebook: For Artists, Architects, and Designers
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    Egypt Visual Sourcebook: For Artists, Architects, and Designers

    By Jim Hewitt

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    An essential reference to Egypt's architectural heritage.

    This unique visual reference guide will be an invaluable resource to professional designers-from architects to illustrators, production designers, art directors, decorators, film concept artists, sculptors, and painters. It utilizes color photographs to illustrate a wide range of locations and styles of architecture throughout Egypt, particularly highlighting universal architectural elements that may be incorporated into a variety of designs and styles including arches, doorways, windows, balconies, wall finishes, and more.

    Photographic plates of modern and ancient Egypt, showing markets, buildings, temples, tombs, and daily life are cross-referenced with enlarged details and grouped for functional comparisons to cater to the various approaches a designer may take from conception to completion.

    With some 1,000 color illustrations, thorough referencing, and detailed observation, this book will serve a very specific need while also appealing to a wider audience as a visual celebration of many aspects of Egypt, familiar and unfamiliar.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe American University in Cairo Press
    Release dateMar 1, 2011
    ISBN9781617972294
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      Egypt Visual Sourcebook - Jim Hewitt

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      PHOTO PLATES

      CAIRO CITADEL

      View of Cairo from the Citadel, toward the dome of the Madrasa of Sultan Hasan, (left) and the al-Rifa’i Mosque, 19th century (right).

      Muhammad ‘Ali Mosque, the Citadel, Cairo. Ottoman style, 1832–1857.

      Muhammad ‘Ali Mosque interior, the Citadel, Cairo. Ottoman style, 1832–1857.

      Muhammad ‘Ali Mosque interior, the Citadel, Cairo. Ottoman style, 1832–1857.

      Muhammad ‘Ali Mosque dome detail, the Citadel, Cairo. Ottoman style, 1832–1857.

      Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque courtyard, the Citadel, Cairo Mamluk, 1318–1335 (showing original Ptolemaic, Christian, and Roman columns).

      Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque interior, the Citadel, Cairo. Mamluk, 1318–1335 (showing original Ptolemaic, Christian and Roman Columns).

      COPTIC CAIRO

      The Hanging Church (al-Mu’allaqa) façade, Old Cairo. Coptic Christian, 19th century.

      The Hanging Church (al-Mu’allaqa) interior, Old Cairo. Coptic Christian, 11th century, with 19th-century restoration,

      The Hanging Church (al-Mu’allaqa) interior, Old Cairo. Coptic Christian, 11th century, with 19th-century restoration.

      The Hanging Church (al-Mu’allaqa) interior, Old Cairo. Coptic Christian, 11th century, with 19th-century restoration.

      Passageway in Old Cairo. Ancient and modern walls.

      Passageway in Old Cairo. Ancient and modern walls.

      Passageway and arch in Old Cairo. Ancient and modern walls.

      Stairway in Old Cairo.

      Door leading to the Greek Orthodox Church of St George, Old Cairo. Early 20th century.

      Door way on street in Old Cairo.

      Doorway on street in Old Cairo.

      Doorway on street in Old Cairo.

      Doorway to the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Abu Serga), Old Cairo. Late 7th century AD.

      CAIRO BAZAAR

      Badistan Gate in Khan al-Khalili Bazaar. Upper part: late Mamluk, 1511; lower part: Ottoman period.

      Gate of al-Ghuri in the Khan al-Khalili Bazaar. The arch beyond it is the Gate of the Wikala of al-Ghuri. Late Mamluk, 1511.

      Spice shop in the Khan al-Khalili Bazaar.

      Street scene, Khan al-Khalili Bazaar.

      Street scene, Khan al-Khalili Bazaar.

      Street scene, Khan al-Khalili Bazaar.

      South of the Khan al-Khalili Bazaar, looking south toward the twin minarts of the al-Mu’ayyad Sheikh complex next to Bab Zuwayla.

      Perfume shop, Khan al-Khalili Bazaar.

      STREETS AND BUILDINGS

      Donkey carts, Cario.

      View looking south toward the twin minarets of the al-mu’ayyad Sheikh complex (Mamluk, 1415–20) on the gate of Bab Zuwayla, Cario.

      al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah Street, looking south toward Bab Zuwayla, Fatimid, 1092. On right, the al-Mu’ayyad Sheikh complex, Cario. Mamluk, 1415–20.

      Near the Street of the Tentmakers (al-Khayamiya), Cario. On left: Mosque of Mahmud al-Kurdi.

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