Full Description
The Hieroglyphenkunde by Karl Giehlow published in 1915, described variously by critics as "a masterpiece", "magnificent", "monumental" and "incomparable", is here translated into English for the first time. Giehlow's work with an initial focus on the Hieroglyphica of Horapollo, the manuscript of which was discovered by Giehlow, was a pioneering attempt to introduce the thesis that Egyptian hieroglyphics had a fundamental influence on the Italian literature of allegory and symbolism and beyond that on the evolution of all Renaissance art.
The present edition includes the illustrations of Albrecht Dürer from the Pirckheimer translation of the Horapollo from the early fifteenth century.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 · Scope and aim of the study
Chapter 2 · The hieroglyphs of the Italian humanists
Chapter 3 · Hieroglyphs on the Egyptian monuments known in Rome in the XVth century
Chapter 4 · Fra Francesco Colonna and his hieroglyphs
Chapter 5 · Hieroglyphic studies in the Italian cinquecento
Chapter 6 · The Hieroglyphica of Pierio Valeriano Bolzano: a life's work
Chapter 7 · The hieroglyphic origins of the Emblemata of Alciato
Chapter 8 · The hieroglyphics of the German and French humanists
Appendices and bibliography
Index
