Egyptomania is clearly written and to the point. It is a guide to the resurgence of Ancient Egyptian styles from antiquity to the present day. Through analysing the influence of Ancient Egypt on art, architecture, design and religion, Curl examines the persistence of Ancient Egyptian ideas and decorations in the Greek and Roman Empires, the Medieval and Renaissance periods, as well as the Neo-classical movement in the 19th century, the Art Deco movement and its appearances during the course of the 20th century. For the 20th century, the author outlines the discovery of King tut's tomb and its influence, together with creations such as the Louvre pyramid. This is a recommended and essential book for those interested in art history, design and of course Ancient Egypt.

This book presents a very detailed historical account regarding Georgian styled homes. It does not provide much interior design details/suggestions. It also has more of an European slant than American which makes it difficult to bring together architectural details that would look more appropriate in the US.

i bought this tape and i'm sorry that i did. my favorite video is emotional rescue and they ruined it by changing scenes and cutting it down to nothing. i am still looking for the uncut version that i saw on solid gold years ago. i'm going into video stores almost everyday looking for it. that video emotional rescue is the reason why i bought video rewind and they cut it down to nothing.

This overly ambitious video is centered around an ongoing storyline where Bill Wyman poses as a museum security guard to gain access to the closed-off rock n' roll memorabilia section. There he discovers Mick Jagger encased in glass and "awakens" him so they can reminisce over some video clips of their "old" band. Clever and well done, but the focus seems to be more on the storyline than the videos, most of which are mediocre at best. There are also many things about the collection that really tick you off. The sound mastering is horrendous. The clip for "Miss You" (which admittedly isn't that great to begin with - Charlie Watts does his best to look like Abe Vigoda) is constantly interrupted by meaningless footage of Wyman and Jagger in the museum. The video for "Brown Sugar" is nothing more than a hodgepodge of concert performances of the song poorly edited together, purely for the purpose of this collection it seems. The "Start Me Up" clip is NOT the so-bad-it's-good early-MTV clip of Jagger in his form-fitting purple-striped muscle shirt cockstrutting around the other band members on a poorly-lit soundstage, it's a pointless live performance from the 1981 tour which only serves to show the end credits to this collection. Some clips are god-awful boring ("Angie"), while others are shamelessly edited down to nothing ("Waiting On A Friend", "Emotional Rescue"). Only "Neighbors", "She's So Cold", and the trio of well-crafted videos from "Undercover" ("Undercover of the Night", "She Was Hot", and "Too Much Blood") save this from being a total waste of time.

To say I was impressed with this the first time I saw it is a stretch but it is not terribly bad as some people may have you believe. It is a collection of the Rolling Stones music videos from 1980 - 1983. It also features TV shows, Interviews, concert footage, etc..... The only thing that makes this worse than it should of been is the plot..........

It starts off with Bill Wyman (the Stones bass player from 1964 -1993) walking through a museum and somehow he ends up into a stones section. When he gets there, there is a TV he sits at and watches the Stones on it. Then Mick Jagger is on display in the museum and Bill lets him out of the glass he is behind. Then they just go on through this museum thing and they are acting...it's not like this really hapenned. And the acting is Bad!

But put that behind you. You can sit through it. It's not all that bad. It even has the now banned from TV music video for the song "Neighbours" off of 1981's Tattoo You......