Dominique VIVANT DENON & GALIEN (sculpsit)
Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : Frises emblématiques de différents temples égyptiens. (Planche 116).
Didot, Paris 1803, 39x54cm, une feuille.
Original print folio, taken from Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt Vivant Denon. Board decorated with an engraving subdivided into 10 figures, and described by the author: Strips of different iconic Egyptian temples. No.1 hieroglyphics that decorate the exterior cornice of the nave of the great temple of Tentyra; this ornament, repeating, toured this part of the monument. The middle figure is the head of Isis with its attributes; it is found repeatedly throughout this temple, which was dedicated to him probably. The two big birds head vulture, without feathers, leaving a kind of egg that serves as the body: this bird is often repeated in all kinds of attitudes in ceilings, wings spread, holding in the paws the sort of stick with the palm as seen here before; He also accompanied the heroes and kings in the bas-reliefs depicting the victories and triumphs, and then seems a protective spirit. No. 2 is the inner frieze of the temple near the island of Philée (see Plate LXXII, No. 1). No.3 Friesland Typhonium of Tentyra (see Plate XXXVIII, No. 3), or the temple dedicated to Isis, winner of Typhon, the evil genius or the west wind; it has a head of an old, fat body and shape to that of a child, a tail that is magnifying and that is as long as the legs; it's still wearing the same ornament: one that makes him laying is a deity of the same kind; the head at the same time the character of the dog, the pig, and the crocodile; he's hanging breasts like the Egyptian women, a big belly, and legs of a lion: this figure also repeated the other and accompanying for the most part, seemed to me to be the deity of the temple Hermontis (see Plate CXX, No. 4). Are frequent figures of these two gods as amulets, pulp colored glass and porcelain: I reported that I designed life-size (see pl XCVI, No. 37 and 38. ). They were highly revered, either for good in that waited for either the evil that pouvoit fear or also for two causes; because I think the emblem of the two winds that produce flooding, and can make or insufficient or too large. It is assumed that the figure is in the middle of these two monsters sitting on a lotus flower blooming half is that of Isis, or the good god, who got these two formidable gods water balance , which bloom lotus in the channels when the flood is perfect. No. 4 is the ornament of the frieze of small temple of the Isle of Philée; the effect in nature is as rich and enjoyable: Egyptian artists with a special art successfully combined the meaning of the emblem in tasteful decoration. No. 5 is still in evidence; it is the decoration of the interior base of the middle room of the small temple which is located behind the great temple of Tentyra (see plan Tentyra board XL, No. 1). This decoration is the lotus in three moments of the development of the flowering of this plant. The hawk is taken on an altar to Osiris or the sun; the other side of the moon; ibis on a lotus, another emblem of the flood or the entry into the channels of the Nile; because the lotus did report that channel, since only grows in stagnant water, and is never found in the river current. No. 6, ornament of the inner frieze of Typhonium Apollinopolis magna, a small temple, located near the big temple (See Plate LVII, No. 1), he must have the same meaning as above, No. 3 . There are three more figures that, given the repeated use most often when it comes to flooding, I should think be vessels of holy water or offerings of Nile water during its growth. No. 7 Rich and lovely frieze decorating the open room that is near the one where the celestial planisphere, in the small apartment on the great temple of Tentyra (see map, p. CXXX, No. 1, letter C). The globe is at the center must be the sun, from which the beam of light coming down on earth I was so often the case make sure that opinion on these two figures, I believe able to give as irrevocable: this sort of rain triangular cells decorates the doorway of almost all eaves or windows that give light in the temples. The 8 and 9 are two friezes of the temple which is on an island near that of Philée (pl. LXXII voy., No. 1). No. 10 This figure and repeated decorates the cornice of the gallery is around the Typhonium of Tentyra; this is the head of Typhon, the attributes of divinity, such as the ornament of the die that is below the capitals of the great temple to Isis small heads hoopoe, who are above sticks that usually hold the Egyptian deities are added here to the gantry which crowns the god. Marginal foxing, some marginal snags, otherwise good condition. Published for the first time in two volumes, an atlas of engravings, Didot, in 1802, the 'Journey to the Lower and Upper Egypt proved so successful that it was translated in 1803 into English and German, and a few years later in Dutch and Italian, among others. Almost all boards are designed by Denon, who also engraved himself a few, including portraits of the inhabitants of Egypt, who still kept the freshness of sketches taken on the spot (our 104-111 ). Two dozen writers have also collaborated on the creation of which Baltard, Galen, Reville and other etchings. Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon says Vivant Denon, born in Givry January 4, 1747 and died in Paris April 27, 1825, is a writer, author, diplomat and French administrator. At the invitation of Bonaparte, he joined the expedition to Egypt in shipping from May 14, 1798 on the frigate "La Juno." Protected by French troops, he had the opportunity to travel the country in all directions in order to gather the material that was the basis for his artistic work and the most important literary. It supports in particular General Desaix in Upper Egypt, which he refers to numerous sketches, ink wash and other drawings in pen, black chalk, or chalk. He draws constantly, usually on his knee, standing or on horseback, and sometimes even under enemy fire. After a journey of 13 months during which he draws thousands of drawings, Vivant Denon returned to France with Bonaparte, and became the first artist to publish the story of the expedition. The 141 boards that accompany his diary retrace its entire journey from the coast of Corsica to the pharaonic monuments of Upper Egypt. Bonaparte then appointed Director General of the Central Museum of the Republic, which became the Napoleon Museum and the Royal Louvre and arts administrator. In 1805, Vivant Denon revival project of the Vendome column, which had been suspended in 1803 then organizes expeditions across Europe to raise imperial works of art which are plundered to be carried away to the Louvre. In 1814, Louis XVIII confirmed as head of the Louvre, one wing of which still bears his name today. It is considered a great precursor of museology, art history and Egyptology.
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