Mysterious Fayum Portraits Faces From Ancient Egypt

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Condition
Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Era
1990s
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Features
Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Original Language
English
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9780810933316
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Abrams, Inc.
ISBN-10
0810933314
ISBN-13
9780810933316
eBay Product ID (ePID)
758759

Product Key Features

Book Title
Mysterious Fayum Portraits
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
Archaeology, History / Ancient & Classical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Social Science
Author
Euphrosyne Doxiadis
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
67 Oz
Item Length
13 in
Item Width
10 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
95-009506
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Dewey Decimal
757/.0932
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
In the first three centuries A.D., in a fertile district of Roman Egypt called the Fayum, a diverse community of Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Syrians, Libyans, Nubians, and Jews flourished. These people, and many of their contemporaries throughout the Nile Valley, embalmed the bodies of their dead and then placed over the faces portraits painted on wooden panels or linen. These paintings, today known as Fayum, or mummy, portraits, were created to preserve the memory of each individual. The Fayum portraits are by far the most important body of portraiture to have survived antiquity. Reproduced in this arresting book are some 180 of the finest of the more than 1,000 extant images - of men, women, and children, young and old, plain and beautiful - all of whom seem uncannily alive. A few of these faces have become familiar to scholars and museum-goers, but as a whole they have been neglected by art historians and will be new to most readers.
LC Classification Number
ND1327.E3D68 1995

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