A History of Art in Ancient Egypt Volumes 1 and 2

CONTENTS
Transcriber’s Note:
Preface.
Introduction.
To the Reader.
Volume 1.
Chapter 1. The General Character of Egyptian Civilization.
§ 1. Egypt’s Place in The History of the World.
§ 2. The Valley of the Nile and its Inhabitants.
§ 3. The Great Divisions of Egyptian History.
§ 4. The Constitution of Egyptian Society--Influence of that Constitution upon Monuments of Art.
§ 5.--The Egyptian Religion and its Influence upon the Plastic Arts.
§ 6. That Egyptian Art did not escape the Law of Change, and that its History may therefore be written.
§ 7. Of the place held in this work by the monuments of the Memphite period, and of the limits of our inquiry.
Chapter 2. Principles and General Characteristics of Egyptian Architecture.
§ 1.--Method to be Employed by us in our Study of this Architecture.
§ 2.--General Principles of Form.
§ 3. General Principles of Construction.--Materials.
§ 4.--Dressed Construction.
§ 5.--Compact Construction.
§ 6.--Construction by Assemblage.
§ 7.--Decoration.
Chapter 3. Sepulchral Architecture.
§ 1.--The Egyptian Belief as to a Future Life and its Influence upon their Sepulchral Architecture.
§ 2.--The Tomb under the Ancient Empire.
§ 3. The Tomb under the Middle Empire.
§ 4. The Tomb under the New Empire.
Chapter 4. The Sacred Architecture of Egypt.
§ 1.--The Temple under the Ancient Empire.
§ 2. The Temple under the Middle Empire.
§ 3. The Temple under the New Empire.
§ 4. General Characteristics of the Egyptian Temple.
Volume 2
Chapter 1. Civil and Military Architecture.
§ 1.--The Graphic Processes employed by the Egyptians in their representations of Buildings.
Chapter 2. Methods of Construction, the Orders, Secondary Forms.
§ 1. An Analysis of Architectural Forms necessary.
§ 2. Materials.
§ 3. Construction.
§ 4. The Arch.
§ 5 The Pier and Column.--The Egyptian Orders.
§ 6. The Ordonnance of Egyptian Colonnades.
§ 7. Monumental Details.
§ 8. Doors and Windows.
§ 9. The Illumination of the Temples.
§ 10. The Obelisks.
§ 11. The Profession of Architect.
Chapter 3. Sculpture.
§ 1. The Origin of Statue-making.
§ 2. Sculpture under the Ancient Empire.
§ 3. Sculpture under the First Theban Empire.
§ 4. Sculpture under the Second Theban Empire.
§ 5. The Art of the Saite Period.
§ 6. The Principal Themes of Egyptian Sculpture.
§ 7. The Technique of the Bas-reliefs.
§ 8. Gems.
§ 9. The Principal Conventions in Egyptian Sculpture.
§ 10. The General Characteristics of the Egyptian Style.
Chapter 4. Painting.
§ 1. Technical Processes.
§ 2. The Figure.
§ 3. Caricature.
§ 4. Ornament.
Chapter 5. The Industrial Arts.
§ 1. Definition and Characteristics of Industrial Art.
§ 2. Glass and Pottery.
§ 3. Metal-work and Jewelry.
§ 4. Woodwork.
§ 5. The Commerce of Egypt.
Chapter 6. The General Characteristics of Egyptian Art, and the Place of Egypt in Art History.