A History of Art in Ancient Egypt Volume 2

A History of Art in Ancient Egypt from the French of Georges Perrot, Professor in the Faculty of Letters, Paris; Member of the Institute and Charles Chipiez.Illustrated with Five Hundred and Ninety-Eight Engravings in the Text, and Fourteen Steel and Coloured Plates.Volume 2Translated and Edited by Walter Armstrong, B. A., Oxon., author of "Alfred Stevens," etc. CONTENTSChapter 1. Civil and Military Architecture.§ 1.--The Graphic Processes employed by the Egyptians in their representations of Buildings.Chapter 2. Methods of Construction, the Orders, Secondary Forms.§ 1. An Analysis of Architectural Forms necessary.§ 2. Materials.§ 3. Construction.§ 4. The Arch.§ 5 The Pier and Column.--The Egyptian Orders.§ 6. The Ordonnance of Egyptian Colonnades.§ 7. Monumental Details.§ 8. Doors and Windows.§ 9. The Illumination of the Temples.§ 10. The Obelisks.§ 11. The Profession of Architect.Chapter 3. Sculpture.§ 1. The Origin of Statue-making.§ 2. Sculpture under the Ancient Empire.§ 3. Sculpture under the First Theban Empire.§ 4. Sculpture under the Second Theban Empire.§ 5. The Art of the Saite Period.§ 6. The Principal Themes of Egyptian Sculpture.§ 7. The Technique of the Bas-reliefs.§ 8. Gems.§ 9. The Principal Conventions in Egyptian Sculpture.§ 10. The General Characteristics of the Egyptian Style.Chapter 4. Painting.§ 1. Technical Processes.§ 2. The Figure.§ 3. Caricature.§ 4. Ornament.Chapter 5. The Industrial Arts.§ 1. Definition and Characteristics of Industrial Art.§ 2. Glass and Pottery.§ 3. Metal-work and Jewelry.§ 4. Woodwork.§ 5. The Commerce of Egypt.Chapter 6. The General Characteristics of Egyptian Art, and the Place of Egypt in Art History.