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The Traditional Crafts of Egypt
Many traditional crafts practiced in contemporary Egypt can be traced back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Scenes inscribed on the walls of ancient temples and tombs depict the earliest Egyptians making pottery and papyrus and working with stone, wood, and other materials. The eleven chapters of this volume explore these and other crafts that continue to flourish in Egypt. From copper and glass works to jewelry, woodwork, and hand-woven carpets and fabric, each chapter offers an in-depth look at one material or craft and the artisans who keep its traditions alive. The authors, drawing on historical sources and documentary research, sketch the evolution of each craft, looking into its o...
À l’orientale: Collecting, Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art and Architecture in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
The present volume offers a collection of essays that examines the mechanisms and strategies of collecting, displaying and appropriating Islamic art in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many studies in this book concentrate on lesser known collections of Islamic art, situated in Central and Eastern Europe that until now have received little attention from scholars. Special attention is given to the figure of the Swiss collector Henri Moser Charlottenfels, whose important, still largely unstudied collection of Islamic art is now preserved in the Bernisches Historisches Museum, Switzerland. Contributors to the volume include young researchers and established scholars from Western a...
By-Products of Palm Trees and Their Applications
Palm by-products represent an economical resource for the sustainable development of rural areas in many countries of the world. The book focuses on the utilization of palm by-products in the following areas: Wood Alternatives and Panels, Sustainable Energy and Fertilizers, Bio-Composites, Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Fiber, Paper, and Textile, Food Applications, Design and Architecture.
Territoire Méditerranée
Le " dialogue interculturel " est-il un concept vide de sens ? Imaginez un territoire continu, sans frontière de l'est à l'ouest de la Méditerranée. Un territoire pourtant constitué d'un nombre infini d'individus, de contextes toujours particuliers. Où ces caractéristiques qui différencient les uns des autres ne sont pas des obstacles, mais des tremplins pour penser, se penser. C'est ce que propose ce livre. De l'Algérie à la Turquie, en passant par la Suisse, la France, l'Egypte, le Liban ou l'Allemagne, des artistes, des écrivains ou des journalistes réfléchissent et se racontent en fonction de leur relation avec l'autre. Grâce au foisonnement de récits, d'essais, de correspondances ou d'images qu'offre cet ouvrage, le lecteur se rend compte de l'étonnante parenté des questionnements sur ce que signifie " vivre ensemble ", ainsi que de la proximité des inquiétudes de part et d'autre de la Méditerranée. Il assiste à une vraie rencontre, généreuse, nourrie d'une volonté lucide de se confronter à l'autre, teintée parfois de méfiance, toujours féconde.
Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation
This book offers a rich collection of perspectives on the complex interplay between tangible and intangible heritage. Offering a close and critical examination of heritage preservation in countries including Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Egypt, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Oman, Syria and Tunisia, these essays illustrate the need to redefine heritage as an interdisciplinary and intercultural concept. They interrogate heritage paradigms while also providing concrete recommendations to promote the preservation of physical heritage spaces, and the cultural practices and social relationships that depend on them. Rich in detail and broad in relevance, this book emphasises specific cultural rea...
The Material World of Ancient Egypt
Examines the objects and artifacts, the representations in art, and the examples of documentation that reveal the day-to-day life of ancient Egyptians.
The Arts of Making in Ancient Egypt
This book provides an innovative analysis of the conditions of ancient Egyptian craftsmanship in the light of the archaeology of production, linguistic analysis, visual representation and ethnographic research. During the past decades, the "imaginative" figure of ancient Egyptian material producers has moved from "workers" to "artisans" and, most recently, to "artists". In a search for a fuller understanding of the pragmatics of material production in past societies, and moving away from a series of modern preconceptions, this volume aims to analyse the mechanisms of material production in Egypt during the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BC), to approach the profile of ancient Egyptian craftsmen through their own words, images and artefacts, and to trace possible modes of circulation of ideas among craftsmen in material production. The studies in the volume address the mechanisms of ancient production in Middle Bronze Age Egypt, the circulation of ideas among craftsmen, and the profiles of the people involved, based on the material traces, including depictions and writings, the ancient craftsmen themselves left and produced.
Aujourd'hui l'Egypte
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Gaston Wiet et les arts de l'Islam
Gaston Wiet (1887-1971), an outstanding historian of medieval Islam, was also a prominent figure of the French scientific presence in Egypt. A perfect Arabist, he was interested in many aspects of Egyptian history and culture. His work at the head of the Arab Museum in Cairo (now the Museum of Islamic Art) between 1926 and 1951 was decisive for the enrichment, publication and outreach of its collections, and led him to become one of the best connoisseurs of Islamic art of the first half of the 20th century. Moreover, his membership of the Comite de conservation des monuments de l'art arabe further enhanced his interest in the architecture from the Islamic period. This book, copublished with ...
Cairo Today
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