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. The book of the faiyum is an ancient egyptian local monograph celebrating the faiyum. Moving through the galleries, as if traversing the lake or walking through the narrative of. Mysterious fayum portraits book free donwload video. It goes beyond the usual exhibition subject matter of mummies and tombs, preparations for the afterlife, and the famous pharaohs by exploring ancient egyptian artistry, mythology, and religious iconography. The exhibition centered on the faiyum, an oasis in the desert to the west of the nile.
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. The book of the faiyum is an ancient egyptian local monograph celebrating the faiyum region of egypt and its patron deity, the crocodile god sobek. They belong to the tradition of panel painting, one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the classical world. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum, 4528545286 2018017. Faces from ancient egypt doxiadis, euphrosyne, thompson, dorothy j. Mummy portraits or fayum mummy portraits also faiyum mummy portraits are a type of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to upper class mummies from roman egypt. Pdf download mysterious fayum portraits free unquote books. Now available in paperback, this magnificent book has won widespread praise from art historians, archaeologists and journalists alike. Horst beinlich, regine schulz, alfried wieczorek hg.
Faces from ancient egypt 9780500282175 by doxiadis, euphrosyne. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum has been organized. Illustrating the best and most interesting portraits, euphrosyne doxiadis. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum opens sunday at. Book of the faiyum the book of the faiyum is an ancient egyptian local monograph celebrating the faiyum region of egypt and its patron deity, the crocodile god sobek.
The exhibition will be the first devoted to the book of the faiyum, an elaborately illustrated and miraculously wellpreserved papyrus from. The walters art museum presents egypts mysterious book of the faiyum, sunday, october 6, 20sunday, january 5, 2014. Book of the faiyum exhibit housed at walters the johns. The text is known from multiple sources dating to ptolemaic and roman egypt 332 bce 359 ce. The fayum portraits are the only large body of art from that tradition to have survived. These people, and many of their contemporaries throughout the nile valley, embalmed the bodies of their dead and then. The mysterious fayum portraits fayum portraits drawing and painting painting portraits with the mixer brush medal of honor portraits of valor beyond the call of duty mysterious ascension mysterious termination mysterious termination mfgic mysterious death of people in australia the mysterious lost language of angels case analysis of mysterious termination case study mysterious termination in. In memoriam ingeborg schramm the creation of the world on the variety of ancient egyptian creation myths regine schulz the book of the faiyum horst beinlich grecoroman period demotic texts from the faiyum and their relationship to the book of the faiyum richard jasnow greeks in an egyptian landscape. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum breanna wucinich. Paging through this book is the closest you will ever come to a facetoface encounter with an egyptian from the first century a. The book of the fayum is the modern name for a group of grecoroman period egyptian texts providing a map or description of the fayum district, a name that has become standard since beinlichs 1991 publication of all the material then known. It primarily functioned as a mythologized map of the faiyum. Pdf mysterious fayum portraits download ebook for free. The possible points of contact with the book of the fayum in herodotus fifth century account include the various.
It has also been classified generically as a cult topographical priestly manual. Collectively, they are usually known as fayum paintings, or sometimes fayum mummy portraits, for most of them were recovered wrapped up in the burial linens of ancient mummies, placed in the spot where the face would once have been. The book of the fayum text, because of its systematic layout, was expected to reveal reliable information about the place names and geography of the fayum. The fayum, a flourishing metropolitan community in an. They are the oldest painted portraits to have survived from anywhere in the world. On view at the walters art museum is a very special and mysterious book. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum on apollo magazine. A art history book written by an artist, what a concept. This is a hauntingly beautiful book that invites the owner to open it again and transport. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum runs through jan. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum displayed approximately 80 works of ancient egyptian art, including statues, reliefs, parts of coffins, papyri, and jewelry. Illustrating almost 200 of the portraits, this book combines arresting beauty with uptodate scholarship. Selecting the most interesting of the paintings, the author. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum at the walters.
The mysterious fayum portraits by euphrosyne doxiadis goodreads. The text is known from multiple sources dating to ptolemaic and roman egypt 332. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum offers a new look at ancient egypt. Doxiadiss text sets the people and the paintings in their social, artistic and geographical context, describing the techniques used and showing how the fayum portraits relate to byzantine icon painting, in a tradition that extends from ancient greece to the renaissance and on to the present day. The exhibition is entitled egypts mysterious book of the faiyum. Its entitled the book of the faiyum, a 20foot scroll made from delicate brown papyrus. Download the fayum portraits were created by the people of a flourishing district of roman egypt during the first three centuries ad. Made in the lush fayum region of grecoroman egypt during the first three centuries a. Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum celebrates the. Horst beinlich, author of egypts mysterious book of the faiyum, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist.
Statue of a crocodile with the head of a falcon 22. The book of the faiyum is an exquisitely illustrated ancient papyrus depicting egypts faiyum oasis, a center of prosperity and ritual during the grecoroman. Experiencing egypts mysterious book of the faiyum is a truly rewarding experience, and is a new twist on other egyptian exhibitions that some people might have grown accustomed to. The fayum portraits were created by the people of a flourishing district of roman egypt during the first three centuries ad. Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition determinations.
The mysterious fayum portraits by euphrosyne doxiadis. Mysterious fayum portraits doxiadis, euphrosyne on. The mysterious fayum portraits faces from ancient egypt book. Description this may represent the god horus the elder, who is occasionally shown with a falcon head and a crocodile body, or a combination of the crocodilegod sobek with the sungod re. As lacma moves ahead with plans to demolish its four original buildings, is it time to reassess the project or is it too late. Theyre roman citizens by this time and theyre not all egyptianborn, but they live in the fayum, a little to the southwest of cairo and overlapping the site of ancient crocodilopolis. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum horst beinlich, regine schulz, alfried wieczorek eds. Illustrating almost 200 of the portraits, euphrosyne doxiadiss book combines arresting beauty with uptodate scholarship. No one really knows why the book was written, or who it was written for. We use cookies to offer you a better experience, personalize content, tailor advertising, provide social media features, and better understand the use of our services. Faces from ancient egypt 01 by euphrosyne doxiadis, dorothy j. This book features over 100 of these ancient paintings.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. Only official editions of the federal register provide legal notice to the public and judicial notice to the courts under 44 u. Egypts mysterious book of the faiyum apollo magazine. Euphrosyne doxiadis in the first three centuries a. Sep 10, 2014 egypts mysterious book of the faiyum at the walters visual baltimore. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
Major sections of the manuscriptreunited for the first time in 150 yearsare displayed alongside egyptian statues, reliefs, jewelry, and ritual objects to illuminate the religious context that gave rise to the enigmatic tale of sobek, the crocodile god who brings sun to the faiyum. The mysterious fayum portraits beautiful illustrated books. I first saw this book in the getty villa reading room, and aquired it here at a nice discount. Ancient origins articles related to faiyum in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. Beautiful fullpage colour photographs allow us to come face to face with the inhabitants of roman egypt 2000 years ago, their memory preserved in paintings used to commemorate the dead.
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