Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project
This publication presents fascinating new findings on ancient Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits preserved in international collections. Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today in museums around the world, bringing viewers face-to-fac...
Saved in:
Main Authors | , |
---|---|
Format | eBook |
Language | English |
Published |
J. Paul Getty Trust, The
25.08.2020
Getty Publications |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | This publication presents fascinating new findings on
ancient Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits preserved in
international collections. Once interred with mummified
remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt
survive today in museums around the world, bringing viewers
face-to-face with people who lived two thousand years ago. Until
recently, few of these paintings had undergone in-depth study to
determine by whom they were made and how. An international
collaboration known as APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings:
Examination, Analysis, and Research) was launched in 2013 to
promote the study of these objects and to gather scientific and
historical findings into a shared database. The first phase of the
project was marked with a two-day conference at the Getty Villa.
Conservators, scientists, and curators presented new research on
topics such as provenance and collecting, comparisons of works
across institutions, and scientific studies of pigments, binders,
and supports. The papers and posters from the conference are
collected in this publication, which offers the most up-to-date
information available about these fascinating remnants of the
ancient world. The free online edition of this open-access
publication is available at
www.getty.edu/publications/mummyportraits/ and includes zoomable
illustrations and graphs. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and
Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book. |
---|---|
ISBN: | 1606066544 9781606066546 |
DOI: | 10.2307/jj.6142266 |