The Egyptian renaissance : the afterlife of ancient Egypt in early modern Italy - Curran, Brian A. (Brian Anthony), 1953- (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007)
The memory of Egypt -- Egyptian monuments from antiquity to the Middle Ages -- Humanists and hieroglyphs -- Egyptian monuments for Renaissance princes -- Sacred writings : Hermes Trismegistus and hieroglyphic epigraphy -- Egyptian ancestors : Alexander VI, Pinturicchio, and Annius of Viterbo -- Egypt in Venice : Francesco Colonna and Gentile Bellini -- Cleopatra and the second Julius : Egypt and the dream of empire in High Renaissance Rome -- Egyptian lives (and afterlives) in the Rome of the Medici popes -- Hieroglyphic studies in the High Renaissance -- The scepter of Osiris : Egyptian mysteries in the Missal of Cardinal Pompeo Colonna -- Conclusion : The Egyptian in the mirror.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-411) and index.
Keywords: Egyptology -- Italy -- History; Renaissance -- Italy; Italy -- Civilization -- Egyptian influences; Italy -- Civilization -- 1268-1559.