Ancient Faces : Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)

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Well presented and full of facts.
The book is large and from the Portraits of diferent places of assembly in Egypt, not only the Fayum fully, which is not always enclosed in other books. It contains some articles of diferent specialists, who the history, which techniques, which are archaeological facts and the discoveries as well as the dating of these articles conserning, which are much usefull and illuminating. The quarter of three of the book the Portraits represents and the study of cases of everyone of them. Unfortunetly, the Portraits are not always full length side and everything on a white background are set. In this regard the book is superior by Berenice Geoffory Schneiter, Fayum. The book is represented nevertheless friendly and a good fundamental book for the interest in the study of this fascinating cultural expression.


excellent exhibition catalog
A companion to an exhibition, which takes place at the metropolitan museum of the art in New York town center, this book, represents colored lining and Abschirmrahmenportraits of Roman Egypt. Participating ones, including R. Bagnall, M. Bierbrier, K. Gschwantler, J. Taylor and S. Walker, give a short acccount the Mamaportraits and to their discovery, as well as the Fayum and its people. To a large extent illustrated in the color, this is a useful book, which covers a little well-known topic. An excellent note for everyone.


Incredible documentation of topic,plates not true to color
This exhibition is a facinating personal document of the Roman mummy portraits and their Egyptian and greek influenced hybrid artworks. The incredible freshness of the works themselves is lost in the printing here. Perhaps the encaustic is difficult to photograph? Anyway the topic and text is wonderful, but the images pale next to the 1st person experience of these vital energizing works of the Roman era.A good book to own, if you saw the show it's better.



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