Who travels sees more : artists, architects and archaeologists discover Egypt and the Near East

Körperschaft: Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East
Weitere Verfasser: Fortenberry, Diane
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2007.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 202 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., map, plans, ports. ; 26 cm.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction / Diane Fortenberry
  • Some remarks on the Mesopotamian travels of Robert Ker Porter / Kai Kaniuth
  • Sir Charles Fellows and the Xanthian Marbles / Enid Slatter
  • The short, happy life of Harold Jones, artist and archaeologist / Lyla Pinch-Brock
  • The paradox of Cypriot artistic representations / Rita C. Severis
  • Egypt discovered by 19th-century American artists / Carolina Williams
  • Patronage, politics and an ill-defined profession: how James 'Athenian' Stuart became an architect / Kerry Bristol
  • An architect's progress: Charles Barry's travels in Egypt / Patricia Usick
  • Inspired by Egypt: Owen Jones and architectural theory / Kathryn Ferry
  • The consequences of an aesthetic approach to the Holy City: C.R. Ashbee and the Pro-Jerusalem Society / Anat Almog
  • By brush and lens: revealing the Sphinx / Elaine Altman Evans
  • Mohammad Sadiq's Exploration of the Hijaz route and the first photographs of the Prophet's mosque / Paul Robertson
  • In the sandals of Pharaoh: James Henry Breasted and the steroscope / Elaine Altman Evans
  • The British Consulate House in Cairo: travellers' tales, 1816-27 / Deborah Manley
  • Wer soll Meister sein? Travelling journeymen in Cairo / Agnieszka Dobrowolska.