Project Gutenberg 2014-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 116 Borchardt, Ludwig 1863 1938 Borchardt, L. (Ludwig) Die Ägyptische Pflanzensäule Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Die Ägyptische Pflanzensäule" by Ludwig Borchardt is a scientific publication written during the late 19th century. This work explores the history and significance of plant motifs in ancient Egyptian architecture, specifically focusing on various types of columns inspired by plants such as the Lotus and Papyrus. The detailed analysis includes discussions of botanical representations and their artistic interpretations in Egyptian art and architecture. The opening of the text presents a preface outlining the manuscript's journey toward publication and the rationale for its creation. Borchardt expresses gratitude to colleagues who helped finalize the work after delays caused by his research trip to Egypt. He sets the stage for an in-depth examination of Egyptian plant columns, explaining his method of first describing the plants in a simple and naturalistic way, followed by an analysis of their artistic representations in historical artifacts before drawing connections to architectural forms. The beginning also introduces the structure of the book, which will cover various types of plant columns, such as the Nymphäensäulen (Lotus columns) and Papyrussäulen (Papyrus columns), highlighting the interplay between natural forms and architectural design in ancient Egypt. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46014/46014-h/images/cover.jpg de Columns -- Egypt Architecture -- Egypt -- Details Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms NA Text Browsing: Architecture Browsing: Art & Photography 225713 225895 2024-10-19T09:56:42.419086 2023-09-20T05:45:11.996761 text/html text/html 214180 2014-06-17T16:36:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2773690 2014-06-17T16:36:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3140179 2024-10-19T09:56:48.297061 application/epub+zip 3142534 2024-10-19T09:56:43.769101 application/epub+zip 112317 2024-10-19T09:56:43.066181 application/epub+zip 3212417 2024-10-19T09:56:51.798013 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3182968 2024-10-19T09:56:47.619025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166146 2022-09-21T03:35:52.191216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155197 2024-10-19T09:56:41.227096 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 155050 2014-06-17T16:36:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 54981 2014-06-17T16:36:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19266 2024-10-19T09:56:51.948005 application/rdf+xml 9601 2024-10-19T09:56:43.174035 image/jpeg 1921 2024-10-19T09:56:43.120032 image/jpeg 2784023 2024-10-19T09:56:42.664111 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog