Hatshepsuts Temple
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 | Hatshepsut's Temple |
| Designer | Senenmut |
| Location | Deir el-Bahri, Egypt |
| Date | -1550 |
| Building Type | Egyptian tomb |
| Climate | desert |
| Context | -- |
| Architectural Style | Ancient Egyptian |
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| Notes | Funerary complex of Queen Hatshepsut. elegant colonnaded terraces set against high cliffs. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Hatshepsuts_Temple.html |
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Commentary
"Inspired by a funerary temple of the Middle Kingdom built by King Mentuhotep (XIth dynasty), the architect of Queen Hatshepsut (XVIIIth dynasty), Senenmout, built one of the most beautiful monuments of ancient Egypt, the style of which was never repeated.
"It consists of a succession of terraces whose supporting walls are masked by long colonnades divided in the centre by monumental access ramps. On the second terrace a third portico gives entry to a peristyle courtyard leading to the sanctuary, which is cut out of the cliff. The work of Senenmout is, in the strictness of its composition, architecturally very successful and a fine example of the integration of architecture and natural site."
— John Julius Norwich. The World Atlas of Architecture. p125.
Details
97 feet tall.
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Robert Adam. Classical Architecture. London: Penguin Books, 1990. ISBN 0-670-82613-8. NA260.A26 1990. elevation drawing of colonnade, fig a, p71. Derek Brentnall.
G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3556-2. LC 90-30728. NA200.S57 1990. context photo, p12, close-up photo, p13. — Available at Amazon.com
Seton Lloyd, Hans Wolfgang Muller, Roland Martin. Ancient Architecture, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, Greece. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1972. photo of south end of first terrace: Hathor chapel, interior of rock-cut sanctuary, f188, p127.
Henry A. Millon. Key Monuments of the History of Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams. LC 64-10764. NA202.M5. aerial perspective drawing, p33. Lange and Girmer, f18 & f19.
Max Rodenbeck. Egypt from the Air. Great Britain: Thames and Hudson, 1991. photographs by Guido Alberto Rossi. color aerial photo of entire temple, p52.
Noel Emerson Rollins. Photographs from photographer's collection.
Henri Stierlin. Comprendre l'Architecture Universelle 1. Office du Livre S.A. Fribourg (Suisse), 1977. longitudinal section drawing, p27. elevation drawing of the porticoes, p27. plan drawing, p27.
Paul Zucker. Town and Square: From the Agora to the Village Green. New York: Columbia University Press, 1959. LC 59-11183. NA9070.Z8. site plan drawing, f5, p25. From Winlock, Excavations at Deir el Gahri, 1911-1931.
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