The mysterious Fayum portraits: faces from ancient Egypt - Rilegato

Doxiadis, Euphrosyne

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0500237131 ISBN 13: 9780500237137

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 1995

Riassunto

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0500237131
• ISBN 13: 9780500237137
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 247