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Dominique Vivant Denon
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| French, 1747-1825,French savant, he accompanied the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt (1798) as leader of the learned Commission on the Sciences and Arts that was to study Ancient Egyptian buildings and architecture and herald the birth of modern Egyptology. In 1802 he published his Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes du general Bonaparte (Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt during the campaigns of General Bonaparte). An accurate source-book of Ancient Egyptian architecture, it had an extraordinary impact, triggering the C19 Egyptian Revival that at first was correctly described as Egyptomania, and was a major influence on Neo-Classicism. Denon was Director-General of Museums, and was in charge of the Musee Napoleon (now the Louvre). | ||||
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Denon Drawing the Ruins at Hierakonpolis new12/Dominique Vivant Denon-776554.jpg Painting ID:: 39948 Visit European Gallery |
mk155 1802 Black pen and ink drawing with gray and brown wash 11.4x32.7cm | ||
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