Ancient faces [electronic resource] : mummy portraits from Roman Egypt / edited by Susan Walker.
Ancient faces
ISBN
9781315023175 (electronic bk.)
1315023172 (electronic bk.)
9781136694882 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1136694889 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9781136694950 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket)
1136694951 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket)
9781136694813 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1136694811 (electronic bk. : PDF)
0870999303
9780870999307
0415927447
9780415927444
0415927455
9780415927451
1315023172 (electronic bk.)
9781136694882 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1136694889 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9781136694950 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket)
1136694951 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket)
9781136694813 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1136694811 (electronic bk. : PDF)
0870999303
9780870999307
0415927447
9780415927444
0415927455
9780415927451
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İngilizce
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Özet, vb.
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.
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HISTORY / General __ bisacsh
Mummy portraits __ Egypt __ Exhibitions.
Portraits, Egyptian __ Exhibitions.
Portraits, Roman __ Egypt __ Exhibitions.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient __ Egypt __ Exhibitions.
Romans __ Egypt __ Exhibitions.
Egypt __ Antiquities, Roman __ Exhibitions.
Mummy portraits __ Egypt __ Exhibitions.
Portraits, Egyptian __ Exhibitions.
Portraits, Roman __ Egypt __ Exhibitions.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient __ Egypt __ Exhibitions.
Romans __ Egypt __ Exhibitions.
Egypt __ Antiquities, Roman __ Exhibitions.
Diğer Yazarlar
Kurum Adı
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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