Mysterious Fayum Portraits |  | Author: Euphrosyne Doxiadis
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Category: Book
Buy New: $150.00
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Sales Rank: 1,317,127
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First American Edition
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 13 x 9.9 x 1
ISBN: 0810933314
EAN: 9780810933316
ASIN: 0810933314
Publication Date: October 15, 1995
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Product Description
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. This book features over 100 of these ancient paintings. The explanatory text sets the people and the paintings in their social, artistic and geographical context, and describes the artistic techniques used in their creation.
Amazon.com Review
The Fayum, a flourishing metropolitan community in ancient Egypt, consisted of Greeks, Egyptians, Syrians, Libyans, and others. Like many of their contemporaries throughout the Nile Valley, these people embalmed their dead and then painted commemorative portraits of them, usually on wood or linen, to be placed over the mummies. Looking into the well-preserved, startlingly lifelike faces collected in this beautiful volume, one can trace the earliest roots of portraiture as it began in these Greco-Roman Fayum, or mummy, portraits, and continued through the Renaissance to the present. Despite their ancient history, the stylized portraits appear strikingly modern and painterly, with echoes of Modigliani and Matisse. Having experimented with them herself, Euphrosyne Doxiadis describes in detail the painting techniques and materials. Also included are fascinating notes on the clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles of the period.
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