Egypt
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- 200 Years Of The Description De L'egypte
Al Ahram Weekly (David Tresilian) THE MAGNIFICENT setting of the église du D¤me at Les Invalides in Paris is the backdrop for a small exhibition, running until September 2009, designed to celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of the first volumes...
- Exhibition: Napoleon In Egypt
syracuse.com (Katherine Rushworth) It's been said, especially recently, that history has a way of repeating itself. Armies invade and wars are waged year after year and century after century. As much as advances in science and technology can propel...
- Rare Napoleon Works From Egypt Come To Suart Galleries
The Daily Orange (Ashley Collman) More than 200 years after Napoleon commanded his armies to Egypt, the work his scholars gathered during their time on the Nile is being showcased at the SUArt Galleries. "Napoleon on the Nile" focuses on research conducted...
- Exhibition: Napoleon On The Nile
Art Daily The Snug Harbor Cultural Center presents the exhibit Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt through June 15. This spring the Museum will focus on the Description de l’Egypte, the seminal multi-volume work that...
- Exhibition: Description De L'egypte In Dallas
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=20198"Beaux Arts will present Description de L’Egypte, the story of The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt. The art exhibit, consisting of 87 original prints from the historic publication,...
Egypt
More on 'Le Déscription' at the Dahesh
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"The Dahesh Museum has a show devoted to 'Le Déscription', Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt, that includes many engravings and two rare complete editions. The "Déscription" is a folio-sized series of 13 volumes of engravings, many of them beautifully color-printed, and 10 volumes of text assembled by 167 scientists, engineers, economists, mathematicians, botanists, zoologists, artists and scholars who accompanied the 40,000 or so French troops.
While the civilian savants were in Egypt, they kick-started the scientific study of ancient cultures, sort of inventing modern archeology -- not to mention finding the Rosetta Stone, thereby making the translation of hieroglyphics possible."
While the civilian savants were in Egypt, they kick-started the scientific study of ancient cultures, sort of inventing modern archeology -- not to mention finding the Rosetta Stone, thereby making the translation of hieroglyphics possible."
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- 200 Years Of The Description De L'egypte
Al Ahram Weekly (David Tresilian) THE MAGNIFICENT setting of the église du D¤me at Les Invalides in Paris is the backdrop for a small exhibition, running until September 2009, designed to celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of the first volumes...
- Exhibition: Napoleon In Egypt
syracuse.com (Katherine Rushworth) It's been said, especially recently, that history has a way of repeating itself. Armies invade and wars are waged year after year and century after century. As much as advances in science and technology can propel...
- Rare Napoleon Works From Egypt Come To Suart Galleries
The Daily Orange (Ashley Collman) More than 200 years after Napoleon commanded his armies to Egypt, the work his scholars gathered during their time on the Nile is being showcased at the SUArt Galleries. "Napoleon on the Nile" focuses on research conducted...
- Exhibition: Napoleon On The Nile
Art Daily The Snug Harbor Cultural Center presents the exhibit Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt through June 15. This spring the Museum will focus on the Description de l’Egypte, the seminal multi-volume work that...
- Exhibition: Description De L'egypte In Dallas
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=20198"Beaux Arts will present Description de L’Egypte, the story of The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt. The art exhibit, consisting of 87 original prints from the historic publication,...