Egyptomania
Egyptomania is a form of enthusiasm for everything ancient Egyptian known since ancient times , hence also called Egyptian fashion or Egyptophilia.
The Egyptian expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte in the years from 1798 to 1801 was fundamental for the modern enthusiasm for Egypt. It was followed by a whole Europe encompassing Egyptian fashion in clothing up to architecture and interior design. The finding of the tomb of Tutankhamun ( KV62 ) by Howard Carter in 1922 and the exhibition of the bust of Nefertiti in 1924 had a similar effect in Europe . It was uncovered in 1912 during excavations by the German Orient Society (DOG) .
The Egyptian Hall of the architect and art collector Thomas Hope (1796–1831) in Piccadilly , London 1815
Hans Makart , Cleopatra's Nile Hunt
Grauman's Egyptian Theater opened in Hollywood , California in 1922 . Carter discovered Tutankhamun's tomb on November 4th - two weeks after the theater opened.
Exterior view of Grauman's Egyptian Theater, 1922.
Egyptian Theater in Ogden, Utah, built in 1923, restored in 1997.
See also
literature
- Friederike Werner: Ägyptomania in Prussia - The table sculpture for the wedding in the royal house in 1804. VDG, Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-89739-856-6 .
- Wilfried Seipel (Ed.): Egyptomania. European imagination of Egypt from antiquity to today. Symposium Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, October 30th and 31st, 1994 (= writings of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Volume 3). Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna 2000.
- James Stevens Curl : The Egyptian Revival, revised and enlarged edition. Routledge, New York 2005, ISBN 0-415-36119-2 , ISBN 0-415-36118-4 .
- Abbas Amin : Egyptomania and Orientalism: Egypt in German travel literature (1175-1663). With an annotated directory of travel reports (383-1845) (= Studies on German Literature. Volume 202). de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, e- ISBN 978-3-11-029923-6 , ISBN 978-3-11-029893-2 .
- Erich Hubala: Egypt. In: Real Lexicon on German Art History . Volume 4: Dinanderie cubit. Metzler, Stuttgart 1958, pp. 750-775.