Author: Doxiadis, Euphrosyne
Title: The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt
Description: New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1995. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown and color illus. dust jacket, 248 pp. color & BW illus. In the first three centuries of life in Roman Egypt, people buried their dead and painted portraits of the deceased on wood panels or linen. Shown here 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." (dj) Intriguing illustrations, supported by enlightening text. VG (DJ has some scuffs and dings; pages are crisp and clean.) .
Keywords: Middle Eastern Art ; Mummy Art ; Egyptian Art ; ;
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Title: The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt
Description: New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1995. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown and color illus. dust jacket, 248 pp. color & BW illus. In the first three centuries of life in Roman Egypt, people buried their dead and painted portraits of the deceased on wood panels or linen. Shown here 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." (dj) Intriguing illustrations, supported by enlightening text. VG (DJ has some scuffs and dings; pages are crisp and clean.) .
Keywords: Middle Eastern Art ; Mummy Art ; Egyptian Art ; ;
Price: US$ 90.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 156188
- Book number: 156188
See more books from our catalog: Middle Eastern Art