Aldred, Cyril. Egyptian Art In The Days Of The Pharaohs, 3100-320 BC. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, 1985. Print. In this book, Cyril Aldred argues against the belief of Ancient Egyptian Art being static and unchanging over the many centuries over the Old, Middle and New kingdoms. He tries to show the subtle developments that Ancient Egyptian Art went through and draws a chronological sketch of the progress in Art, Architecture, and sculpture. Substantiated by numerous illustrations, the author compares the art objects made by the Egyptians under the rule of several Pharaohs and points out at the differences in each reign - epistemological and ontological. My work is informed by Aldred’s study of ancient Egyptian barges and they have provided …show more content…
The author claims that the body of the Pharaoh - the anthropo-cosmic man (which is itself a transcendent concept) is the model for the Egyptian temple. Therefore, the human body becomes the blueprint for Egyptian sacred architecture. This work has provided me with illustrations and findings that have enabled me to study the parallels between ancient Egyptian symbolism and their influence on modern artists and also to account for the fetishinzation of Quenn Cleopatra’s nose by Uderzo and …show more content…
This documentary has enabled me to argue that rather than a singular Pre-Raphaelitism, there existed plural Pre-Raphaelitisms with Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema as one of the painters in whose paintings this plurality become visible. Also, my research is substantiated by this documentary in pointing out the peculiarities of detail and fidelity towards the subject matter and objects in the paintings of Alma-Tadema, John Reinhard Weguelin and Asterix and Cleopatra by Uderzo and Goscinny (all of which share the common theme -