The Humanist Interpretation Of Hieroglyphs In The Allegorical Studies Of The Renaissance With A Focus On The Triumphal Arch Of Maximilian I Karl Giehlow by Karl Giehlow 9789004281721, 900428172X instant download after payment.

"Hieroglyphenkunde des Humanismus in der Allegorie der Renaissance". Translated with an Introduction & Notes by Robin Raybould.

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.