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Exhibition Review
The Egyptian book of the dead. London
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 191-192
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Reviewer:
Shaw, Ian (Shaw, Ian)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
print:
Egyptian art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Egyptian painting / Egyptian sculpture / Egyptian / Funerary art
subjects:
Ancient / Funerary structures
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | institution: British Museum
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
77. Gazelle-headed deity (ritual figure), from the tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Kings. c.1300 BC. Painted wood, 40.5 cm. high. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
78. The ‘weighing of the heart’ scene on the Book of the Dead of Ani. c.1275 BC. Papyrus, 42 cm. high. (British Mus­eum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
79. The ‘opening of the mouth’ cere­mony on the Book of the Dead of Hunefer. From Thebes, c.1280 BC. Papyrus, 39 cm. high. (British Mus­eum, London).
Exhibition Review
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict
11/2008 | 1268 | 150
Pages: 780-781
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Reviewer:
Vout, Caroline (Vout, Caroline)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
print:
Ancient sculpture
print:
Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 / Sculpture / Ancient / Antiquity
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict | institution: British Museum
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
70. Antinous–Osiris. After 130 AD. Marble, 241 cm. high. (Museo Gregoriano Egizio, Musei Vaticani; exh. British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
71. Colossal head of Hadrian from Sagalassos, Turkey. c.117–38 AD. Marble, 70 cm. high. (Burdur Museum, Turkey; exh. British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
72. Hadrian as Mars. c.117–38 AD. Marble, 211.5 cm. high. (Musei Capitolini, Rome; exh. British Museum, London).
Book Review
The World of Ancient Art
04/2007 | 1249 | 149
Pages: 268
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Reviewer:
Woodford, Susan (Woodford, Susan)
Subjects
print:
Antiquity
subjects:
Antiquity / Classical / Ancient / Art / Art history / Cities / Cultural history / Urban history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The World of Ancient Art | author: Boardman, John
Book Review
Fourth-Century Styles in Greek Sculpture
03/1999 | 1152 | 141
Pages: 171
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Reviewer:
Waywell, Geoffrey B. (Waywell, Geoffrey B.; Waywell, B. G.; Waywell, G. B.)
Subjects
dates:
0399-0300 BC
places:
Greece
subjects:
Greek (ancient) / Greek (ancient) art / Classical / Ancient / Sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Fourth-Century Styles in Greek Sculpture | author: Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo
Book Review
The Architectural Association Sketch Book, 1909
09/1910 | 90 | 17
Pages: 373
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Reviewer:
P., A. H. (P., A. H.)
Subjects
subjects:
Architectural Association, London, Great Britain / Architecture / Ancient / Classical / Architectural drawings / Reproductions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Architectural Association Sketch Book, 1909 | author: Fyfe, Theodore , author: Green, W. Curtis , author: Horsley, G. C.
Article
Notes on Oriental Carpet Patterns-V Ladik Rugs
02/1909 | 71 | 14
Pages: 262+292-293+296-300
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Author:
Herringham, Christiana (Herringham, Christiana; Herringham; Herringham, C. F.; Herringham, C. J.; Powell, Christiana Jane)
Subjects
places:
Middle East
subjects:
Oriental rugs / Textiles / Pattern / Techniques / Nature
subjects:
Iconography / Flowers / Plants (vegetation) / Roses / Pomegranates
subjects:
Symbolism (artistic concept) / Symbols / Ancient
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Ladik Rug. By Permission of Messrs. Liberty & co.
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Ladik Rug. Notes on Oriental Carpet Patterns
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. Ladik Rug. Notes on Oriental Carpet Patterns
Article
The Snake Pattern in Ireland, the Mediterranean and China
06/1908 | 63 | 13
Pages: 132-137
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Author:
Herringham, Christiana (Herringham, Christiana; Herringham; Herringham, C. F.; Herringham, C. J.; Powell, Christiana Jane)
Subjects
places:
Ireland / Greece / China
subjects:
Snakes / Animals / Pattern / Decorative arts / Symbols / Ancient
subjects:
Vases / Geometric patterns / Naturalism
Book Review
The Descent of Ishtar
03/1904 | 12 | 4
Pages: 293
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Subjects
subjects:
Legends / Ancient / Ishtar / and / Tammuz
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Descent of Ishtar | author: White, Diana