The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces From Ancient Egypt Euphrosyne Doxiadis Thames Hudson Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Art General

A Compact Edition Of This Highly Acclaimed Survey The Fayum Paintings Enigmatic And Compelling Funeral Portraits Created By Inhabitants Roman Egypt In 1St Century Ce These Remarkable Take Their Name From District Whose People First Three Centuries Ad Included Greeks Egyptians Romans Syrians Libyans Nubians Jews Egyptian Tradition They Embalmed Bodies Dead But Then Placed Painted Portrait Over Mummy Preserving Memory Each Individual To An Uncanny Degree 1000 Have So Far Been Discovered – Men Women Children All Ages Illustrating Almost 200 Euphrosyne Doxiadis’s Book Combines Arresting Beauty With Up-To-Date Scholarship Having Selected Best Most Interesting She Has Grouped Them According Places Where Were Found Many New Photographs Commissioned Some Are Shown Since Cleaning Text Sets Social Artistic Geographical Context Describing Techniques Used Showing How Relate Byzantine Icon Painting That Extends Ancient Greece Renaissance On Present Day Σελίδες: 248 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1024 Διαστάσεις: 21 6X21 6Cm