EGYPTIAN ALLOCATION By Aaron Miller
Copyright Š 2016 by Aaron Miller All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Printed in the United States of America First Printing, 2016 ISBN 0--356660-0-7 Minneapolis College of Art and Design 2501 Stevens Ave Minneapolis, MN 55404
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Dossay, fete religieuse au Caire Le Sphinx Le Temple Armachis Les colosses de Memnon (Thèbes) Cour du Grand Temple et pylône ècroulé Le grand Temple d’Ibsamboul Couronnement du roi par les déesses Le Temple de Khons (Karnac) Mosquée et Tombeau El-Achraf Obélisque de la Reine Hatasou (Karnac) Vue générale du Caire
Monuments of ancient Egypt and the Biblical world figured prominently in the early years of photography. French Academician François Arago (1786-1853) endorsed the new medium in 1839 claiming it would provide a laborsaving means “to copy the millions and millions of hieroglyphics which entirely cover the great monuments at Thebes, Memphis and Carnac, etc.” Immediately artist-travelers took chemicals, cameras, and photographic plates of metal, and later glass into the regions around the southeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, to record the famous sights that had been known previously to Westerners only through the intervention of the artist’s hand.In addition to early photographic pioneers Du Camp, Salzmann, Robertson & Beato, and Frith, the collection includes work by image providers catering to tourist travelers in the last third of the 19th century, such as Arnoux, A. Beato, Bonfils, Lekegian, Sébah, and Zangaki. The selection offers resources for exploring Western impressions of the Middle East in that era through the lens of practitioners of the new medium of photography, and in turn through the expectations, preferences, and assumptions of its consumers.
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(prev. page) Dossay, fete religieuse au Caire (below) Le Sphinx (right) Le Tempmle Armachis
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(below) Les colosses de Memnon (Thèbes) (right) Cour du Grand Temple et pylône ècroulé
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(prev. page) Le grand Temple d’Ibsamboul (left) Couronnement du roi par les déesses (above) Le Temple de Khons (Karnac)
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(lbelow) Mosquée et Tombeau El-Achraf (right) Obélisque de la Reine Hatasou (Karnac) (next page) Vue générale du Caire
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pg. 2 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Dossay, fête religieuse au Caire (vue instantanée).” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9- 6739-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 pg. 4
General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Le Sphinx.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6757-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
pg. 5 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Le Temple Armachis (le Sphinx et la Grande Pyramide).” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/ items/510d47d9-6752-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 pg. 6 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Les colosses de Memnon (Thèbes).” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6798- a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 pg. 7 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Cour du Grand Temple et pylône ècroulé.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6775- a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 pg. 8 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Le grand Temple d’Ibsamboul.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-67c9-a3d9-e040- e00a18064a99 pg. 10 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Couronnement du roi par les déesses (Temple d’Edfou).” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/ items/510d47d9-67a4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 pg. 11 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Le Temple de Khons (Karnac).” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-676e-a3d9-e040- e00a18064a99 pg. 12 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Mosquée et Tombeau El-Achraf.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-673f-a3d9- e040-e00a18064a99 pg. 13 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Obélisque de la Reine Hatasou (Karnac).” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-677e- a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 pg. 14 General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Vue générale du Caire.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-671b-a3d9-e040- e00a18064a99
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