L'Égypte D'Un Architecte: Ambroise Baudry (1838-1906)
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. French text.
At the crossroads of 19th-century European ambition and the ancient grandeur of the Nile, L'Égypte d'un Architecte: Ambroise Baudry (1838-1906) chronicles the remarkable life and career of a French architect who made Egypt his adopted home and creative canvas. Baudry, a Prix de Rome laureate, arrived in Cairo in the 1870s and went on to become one of the most significant European architects working in Egypt during the Khedival era, designing buildings that masterfully wove together Western classical traditions with the ornamental richness of Islamic and Oriental aesthetics. Edited under the authoritative direction of Marie-Laure Crosnier Leconte and Mercedes Volait — two leading scholars of French architectural history abroad — this meticulously researched volume presents Baudry's built legacy alongside his personal correspondence, drawings, and archival photographs, illuminating the broader cultural exchange between France and Egypt during a period of extraordinary transformation. The work stands as an essential reference for students of architectural history, colonial-era urbanism, and the visual culture of 19th-century Egypt, raising urgent questions about identity, influence, and the enduring mark one architect can leave upon a civilization not his own.
Author: Marie-Laure Crosnier Leconte Et Mercedes Volait
Format: Paperback
Published: 1998, Somogy Éditions d'Art
Genre: Architecture
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. French text.
At the crossroads of 19th-century European ambition and the ancient grandeur of the Nile, L'Égypte d'un Architecte: Ambroise Baudry (1838-1906) chronicles the remarkable life and career of a French architect who made Egypt his adopted home and creative canvas. Baudry, a Prix de Rome laureate, arrived in Cairo in the 1870s and went on to become one of the most significant European architects working in Egypt during the Khedival era, designing buildings that masterfully wove together Western classical traditions with the ornamental richness of Islamic and Oriental aesthetics. Edited under the authoritative direction of Marie-Laure Crosnier Leconte and Mercedes Volait — two leading scholars of French architectural history abroad — this meticulously researched volume presents Baudry's built legacy alongside his personal correspondence, drawings, and archival photographs, illuminating the broader cultural exchange between France and Egypt during a period of extraordinary transformation. The work stands as an essential reference for students of architectural history, colonial-era urbanism, and the visual culture of 19th-century Egypt, raising urgent questions about identity, influence, and the enduring mark one architect can leave upon a civilization not his own.