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Book Review
Egypt: Faith after the Pharaohs. Edited by Cäcilia Fluck, Gisela Helmecke and Elisabeth R. O’Connell
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 397
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Reviewer:
Bhalla, Niamh (Bhalla, Niamh)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Exhibitions / History / Egyptian / Cultural history / Religious art / Funerary art
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
40. Portrait, probably of a priest, found at Hawara. 140-160 (British Museum, London)
Article
Matisse and the khayamiya: an Egyptian curtain unveiled
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 843-845
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Author:
Bowker, Sam (Bowker, Sam)
Subjects
artists:
Matisse, Henri
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
subjects:
French painting / Visual sources / Textiles / Egyptian / Appliqué (visual works and technique) / Cut-paper works / Collections, Private / Islamic / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Interior with Egyptian curtain, by Henri Matisse. 1948 (Phillips Collection, Washington)
Attributed works:
32. Interior in Nice, by Henri Matisse. c.1920 (Private collection)
Attributed works:
33. Group de ul (Docteur en religion), by Emile Bechard. 1870s (Ken and Jenny Jacobsen Orientalist Photography Collection, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles)
Attributed works:
34. Odalisque with arms raised, by Henri Matisse. 1921 (Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo)
Attributed works:
35. Matisse in the Villa Le Rêve at Vence, by Henri Cartier-Bresson. 1943-44 (Courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos / Snapper Media)
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Khedival khayamiya from the estate of Henri Matisse (Private collection)
Book Review
Cultures in Contact – From Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean in the Second millennium B.C., J. Aruz, S.B. Graff and Y. Rakic, eds.
06/2015 | 1347 | 157
Pages: 415
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Reviewer:
Collon, Dominique (Collon, Dominique)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Conferences / Archaeology / Excavations / Essays / Art objects / Art / Art history / Mesopotamian / Mediterranean / Turkish / Greek (ancient) / Assyrian / Syrian / Egyptian / Babylonian / Iranian / Afghan
Book Review
Designing Antiquity: Owen Jones, Ancient Egypt and the Crystal Palace, S. Moser
12/2013 | 1329 | 155
Pages: 837-838
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Subjects
artists:
Jones, Owen / Bonomi, Joseph / Wyatt, Matthew Digby
dates:
1850-1899 / 1900-1929 / 1930-1939
museums and institutions:
Crystal Palace, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Displays / Antiquity / Egyptian
subjects:
Art / Exhibitions
subjects:
Egyptian Revival
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Visitors at the entrance to the Egyptian Court, Crystal Palace. Lithograph. (From M.D. Wyatt: View of Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham 1854, pl.v)
Publication Received
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I. From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 587
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Reviewer:
Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
Subjects
print:
Ancient art
subjects:
Africans / Representation / Art history / Art theory / Politics / Antiquity / Roman (ancient) / Egyptian
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I. From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire | editor: Bindman, David , editor: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
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).
Book Review
The Cave Church of Paul the Hermit at the Monastery of St Paul, Egypt
04/2010 | 1285 | 152
Pages: 248
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Reviewer:
Cormack, Robin (Cormack, Robin)
Subjects
places:
Egypt
print:
Coptic art
subjects:
Historic monuments / Antiquities / Egyptian architecture / Egyptian / Monasteries / Coptic / Architectural history / Conservation / Wall paintings / Archaeology
subjects:
Christian iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Cave Church of Paul the Hermit at the Monastery of St Paul, Egypt | editor: Lyster, William
Article
New light on the Luck of Edenhall
01/2010 | 1282 | 152
Pages: 4-7
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Author:
Davies, Glyn (Davies, Glyn)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Glass
subjects:
Glassware / Glass / Medieval / Collections, Public / Provenance / Techniques / Chalices / Beakers / Egyptian / Syrian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. The Luck of Edenhall. Syria or Egypt, c.1200–90. Gilded and enamelled glass, 15.8 cm. high. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. The Palmer cup. Syria or Egypt, c.1200–50 (the glass); probably France, c.1250–1350 (the mount). Gilded and enamelled glass with silver gilt mounts and rock crystal, 26.8 cm. high. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
2. Case for the Luck of Edenhall. Probably England, c.1450–1500. Tooled leather, 18.1 cm. high (with lid). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
4. The Threave locket. England or Scotland, c.1450–1500. Engraved silver, 2.7 cm. high. (National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Western art unattributed:
5. The Luck of Muncaster. Venice, late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Moulded and gilded glass, diameter 14 cm.; 6.4 cm. high. (Private collection).
Book Review
Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt
10/1998 | 1147 | 140
Pages: 684-685
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Reviewer:
Guy, John (Guy, John)
Subjects
subjects:
Egyptian / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt | author: Barnes, Ruth
Book Review
Egyptomania. L'Egypte dans l'art occidental [and: Egyptomania. The Egyptian Revival: a recurring theme in the history of Taste]
08/1995 | 1109 | 137
Pages: 549-550
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Reviewer:
James, T. G. H. (James, T. G. H.)
Subjects
dates:
1750-1849
subjects:
Egyptian / Critical Reception
subjects:
Egyptian Revival
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Egyptomania. L'Egypte dans l'art occidental | author: Curl, James Stevens , author: Humbert, Jean-Marcel , author: Pantazzi, Michael , author: Ziegler, Christiane
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