Ancient Faces

Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt
Herausgeber: Walker, Susan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the first major discoveries 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 in 2000, Ancient Faces is a comprehensive, survey of these works of art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 276mm x 220mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780415927451
• ISBN-10: 0415927455
• Artikelnr.: 21379773

Autorenporträt

Susan Walker is Deputy Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the British Museum. Her publications include Greek and Roman Portraits and RomanArt.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements page
Director's Foreword
Map
Before the Portraits: Burial Practices in Pharaonic Egypt/John Taylor
Graeco
Roman Portraiture/Kurt Gschwantler
Mummy Portraits and Roman Portraiture/Susan Walker
The Fayum and its People/R . S. Bagnall
Technique Eupkrosyne/C.D oxiadis
The Discovery of the Mummy Portraits/Morris Bierbrier
A Note on the Dating of Mummy Portraits/Susan Walker
CATALOGUE
Portraits and Mummies from Hawara
Gilded Masks from Hawara
Portraits from er
Rubayat (Philadelphia)
Portraits from Antinoopolis and other Sites
Portraits of Technical Interest
Pagan Icons
Portraits on Painted Plaster Masks
Stone Funerary Stelae 4
Portraits of the Later Third Century ad from Deir el
Bahri and Antinoopolis
The Cultural and Archaeological Context
Jewellery
Papyri 15
Portrait
Select Bibliography 6
Glossary
Egyptian Deities and Chronology
Lenders to the Exhibition and Photographic Acknowledgements
Concordance of Catalogue and Museum Numbers.