Mysterious Fayum Portraits
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Mysterious Fayum Portraits
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Author : Euphrosyne Doxiadis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-10-15
Mysterious Fayum Portraits written by Euphrosyne Doxiadis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-10-15 with Art categories.
In the first three centuries A.D., in a fertile district of Roman Egypt called the Fayum, a diverse community of Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Syrians, Libyans, Nubians, and Jews flourished. These people, and many of their contemporaries throughout the Nile Valley, embalmed the bodies of their dead and then placed over the faces portraits painted on wooden panels or linen. These paintings, today known as Fayum, or mummy, portraits, were created to preserve the memory of each individual. The Fayum portraits are by far the most important body of portraiture to have survived antiquity. Reproduced in this arresting book are some 180 of the finest of the more than 1,000 extant images - of men, women, and children, young and old, plain and beautiful - all of whom seem uncannily alive. A few of these faces have become familiar to scholars and museum-goers, but as a whole they have been neglected by art historians and will be new to most readers.
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits
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Author : Euphrosyne Doxiadis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits written by Euphrosyne Doxiadis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Mummy portraits categories.
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits
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Author : Euphrosyne Doxiadis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits written by Euphrosyne Doxiadis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Mummy portraits categories.
The Fayum portraits were created by the people of a flourishing district of Roman Egypt during the first three centuries AD. In the old Egyptian tradition, these people embalmed the bodies of their dead, but then they placed over the mummy, a painted portrait to preserve the memory of each individual. Over 1000 portraits have so far been discovered of men, women and children.
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits
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Author : Euphrosyne Doxiadis
language : en
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Release Date : 2024-10-24
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits written by Euphrosyne Doxiadis and has been published by Thames & Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-24 with Art categories.
A compact edition of this highly acclaimed survey of the Fayum paintings, the enigmatic and compelling funerary portraits created by the inhabitants of Roman Egypt in the first century CE.
Ancient Faces
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Author : Susan Walker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-03-25
Ancient Faces written by Susan Walker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-25 with History categories.
From the first major discoveries a century ago, the painted portraits of Roman Egypt were a revelation to scholars and the public alike, and the recent finding of a new cache of these gilded images, which made national headlines, have only heightened their mystery and appeal. Published to coincide with a new major exhibition of these portraits, Ancient Faces is the most comprehensive, up-to-date survey of these astonishing works of art. Dating from the later period of Roman rule in Egypt, shortly before the birth of Christ, the painted mummy portraits are among the most remarkable products of the ancient world, a fusion of the traditions of pharonic Egypt and the Classical world. They are historical and cultural objects of outstanding importance and beauty, superb works of art that represent some of the earliest known examples of life-like portraiture. Though the subjects of the portraits believed in the traditional Egyptian cults, which offered them a firm prospect of life after death, they also wished to be commemorated in the Roman manner, with their fashion of dress and adornment signaling their status in life. Despite their ancient history, these portraits speak to the modern eye with a beauty and intensity that would be lost to portraiture until the Renaissance.
Mummy Portraits Of Roman Egypt
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Author : Marie Svoboda
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2020-08-25
Mummy Portraits Of Roman Egypt written by Marie Svoboda and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-25 with Art categories.
This publication presents fascinating new findings on ancient Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits preserved in international collections. Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today in museums around the world, bringing viewers face-to-face with people who lived two thousand years ago. Until recently, few of these paintings had undergone in-depth study to determine by whom they were made and how. An international collaboration known as APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research) was launched in 2013 to promote the study of these objects and to gather scientific and historical findings into a shared database. The first phase of the project was marked with a two-day conference at the Getty Villa. Conservators, scientists, and curators presented new research on topics such as provenance and collecting, comparisons of works across institutions, and scientific studies of pigments, binders, and supports. The papers and posters from the conference are collected in this publication, which offers the most up-to-date information available about these fascinating remnants of the ancient world. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at www.getty.edu/publications/mummyportraits/ and includes zoomable illustrations and graphs. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book.
Herakleides
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Author : Lorelei Hilda Corcoran
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2010
Herakleides written by Lorelei Hilda Corcoran and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art categories.
Herakleides was a young man who lived and died in Roman Egypt almost 2000 years ago. This multidisciplinary study of his mummy highlights the funerary practices and religious beliefs of his world.
Portrait Of Jeanne K Fer
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Author : Michel Draguet
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2004
Portrait Of Jeanne K Fer written by Michel Draguet and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Symbolism (Art movement) categories.
"The book places this painting in the historical context of Khnopff's times and social milieu and traces the advent of Symbolism as a literary and artistic movement. An analysis of the portrait itself is supported by an array of related paintings, details, and technical photographs. Finally, the author uses Khnopff's portraits as a taking-off point for a broader discussion of Symbolist art."--BOOK JACKET.
Mummy Portraits In The J Paul Getty Museum
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Author : David L. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 1982-01-01
Mummy Portraits In The J Paul Getty Museum written by David L. Thompson and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-01-01 with Art categories.
These extraordinary Egyptian images produced from Julio-Claudian times through the age of Constantine (the first four centuries A.D.), seem often to have been commissioned while the subject was still alive and displayed in the home. At death, the portrait was inserted into the deceased’s mummy wrappings. Thirteen mummy portraits from the Getty Museum’s collection are catalogued in this text by Dr. David Thompson, professor of Classics at Howard University. Placing the works in the context of other so-called Fayum paintings, Dr. Thompson examines their importance as portraits and identifies the hands of individual painters. Numerous illustrations accompany his discussion.
Fayum Portraits
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Author : Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter
language : en
Publisher: Assouline Books & Gifts
Release Date : 2004
Fayum Portraits written by Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter and has been published by Assouline Books & Gifts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
"This is a small book full of beautiful portraits of Fayum people, in which we can delight ourselves in the skills and artistry of the local artists, as well as the cultural customs it arisen from. It contains a short, but quite satisfactory introduction to the history and traditions of these portraits in Greek-Roman-Egyptian culture. The basis of this book is the portraits themselves, these were carefully selected to present a spectrum of Egyptian society. They are presented in a black foreground which enhances the portrait, simulating a family album, if you will. Haunting and beautiful." - product description.