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Egyptian Painting and Sculpture original antique chromolithograph 1889

Description: DESCRIPTION: Antique / Vintage chromolithograph of Aegyptisch - Malerie und Plastik (Egyptian Painting and Sculpture) PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. The decoration style of the Egyptians, the oldest civilized people, includes symbolic and pictorial representations, mostly in conjunction with hieroglyphic writing. Columns and walls were used to write a pictorial chronicle of the cult and everyday life. The pictorial representations on the outer walls of their buildings consist of very flat, often painted reliefs, called koilanaglyphs. The contours are deeply engraved, the object is treated in a plastic manner, but in such a way that the highest points remain level with the wall surface. Plate 1 Fig. 1. The paintings themselves are executed in solid tones, without modeling, with strong contours and show a rich, harmonious combination of colors. From the plant and animal world, the most frequently used in Egyptian ornamentation were: the lotus flower, an attribute of Isis and the symbol of the creative force of nature, the nymphaea, the papyrus, the reed, the alme Petc. Also the ram, the sparrowhawk, Plate 2 Fig. I and 2, and especially the dung beetle - scarab - Plate 1 Fig. 2. Another frequently used symbol is the winged sun disk. Plate 2 Fig. 2. The capitals on plate 2 also show the use of the above plant motifs, namely Fig. 3 of the papyrus, Fig. 4 a bud capital, the shaft representing a bundle of logs, Fig. 5 palm leaves and Fig. 6 a papyrus bud. Fig. 1. Painted relief figure from a column of the temple at Denderah.Fig. 2 and 3. Paintings from mummy cases.Fig. 4 and 5. From a mummy case in the Louvre, Paris.Fig. 6. Painted border from a sarcophagus.Fig. 7. Border from a mummy case. British Museum, London.Fig. 8. Ornament on a wooden sarcophagus. London.Fig. 9. Border on a mummy case. British Museum.Fig. 10. Part of a necklace. London.Fig. 11. Painting on a sarcophagus. LondonTaken from: "Description of Egypt, or record of observations and research carried out in Egypt during the expedition of the French army." "Jones, the grammar of ornament." MALEREI UND PLASTIK. Die Verzierungsweise der Aegypter, des ältesten Kulturvolkes, umfafst symbolisch -bildliche Darstellungen, meist in Verbindung mit Hieroglyphenschrift. Säulen und Wände wurden benützt, um eine Bilderchronik des Kultus und des Alltagslebens darauf zu schreiben. Die bildlichen Darstellungen auf den Aufsenwänden ihrer Bauten bestehen in sehr flachen, häufig bemalten Reliefs, Koilanaglyphen genannt. Die Konturen sind tief eingegraben, der Gegenstand ist plastisch behandelt, doch so, dafs die höchsten Stellen mit der Wandfläche gleich blieben. Taf. 1 Fig. 1. Die Malereien selbst sind in ganzen Tönen, ohne Modellierung, mit kräftigen Konturen ausgeführt und zeigen reiche harmonische Farbenzusammenstellung Aus der Pflanzen- und Tier-Welt fanden in der ägyptischen Ornamentik die häufigste Anwendung: die Lotosblume, ein Attribut der Isis und das Symbol der erzeugenden Naturkraft, die Nymphäa, der Papyrus, das Schilf, die alme Petc. Ferner der Widder, der Sperber, Taf. 2 Fig. I u. 2, und insbesondere der Dungkäfer - Scarabäus - Taf. 1 Fig. 2. Ein weiteres häufig angewendetes Symbol ist die geflügelte Sonnenscheibe. Taf. 2 Fig. 2. Die Kapitäle auf Tafel 2 zeigen ebenfalls die Anwendung obiger Pflanzenmotive und zwar Fig. 3 des Papyrus, Fig. 4 ein Knospenkapitäl, der Schaft ein Bündel Holzstämme vorstellend, Fig. 5 Palmblätter und Fig. 6 eine Papyrusknospe. Fig. 1. Bemalte Relieffigur von einer Säule des Tempels zu Denderah.Fig. 2 u. 3. Malereien von Mumiengehäusen.Fig. 4 u. 5. Von einem Mumiengehäuse im Louvre, Paris.Fig. 6. Gemalte Bordüre von einem Sarkophag.Fig. 7. Bordüre von einem Mumiengehäuse. British Museum, London.Fig. 8. Ornament auf einem hölzernen Sarkophag. London.Fig. 9. Bordüre auf einem Mumienkasten. British Museum.Fig. 10. Teil eines Halsbandes. London.Fig. 11. Malerei auf einem Sarkophag. London. Entnommen aus: "Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française." "Jones, the grammar of ornament." PROVENANCE: Rescued from a distressed volume of Der Ornamentenschatz ein Musterbuch Stillvoller Ornamente aus allen Kunstephochen by H. Dolmetsch ( The Ornament Treasure is a sample book of stylish ornaments from all eras of art). Title page is not included. I include an A4 page with the German and English (Google translated) description. DATE: Published 1889, Stuttgart verlag Von Julius Hoffmann CONDITION: has a rough edge, some minor grubby marks and discolouration, small tear to left edge, blank on reverse. SIZE: 24.2 cm x 33.8 cm SHIPPING: Posted flat, in a plastic sleeve, between two pieces of cardboard, and in a plastic mailing bag

Price: 20 GBP

Location: Horncastle

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Size: Medium

Signed: No

Title: Aegyptisch - Malerei und Plastik

Material: Paper

Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Framing: Unframed

Type: Print

Year of Production: 1889

Item Height: 34 cm

Theme: Architecture, Art, Decoration, Egyptian, Sculpture

Production Technique: Chromolithograph

Handmade: No

Item Width: 24 cm

Personalise: No

Time Period Produced: 1850-1899

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