Until recently, few had undergone in-depth study to determine how they were made. Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today.

Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt: Emerging Research from the APPEAR ProjectĮdited by Marie Svoboda and Caroline Cartwright The first comprehensive catalogue of the Getty Museum’s significant collection of French Rococo ébénisterie furniture. Paul Getty MuseumĮdited and with an introduction by Anne-Lise Desmas This groundbreaking book probes the issues associated with displaying, collecting, and preserving these unique works of art.įrench Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Artīecause they are prone to rapid decay, even complete disappearance, biological materials used in contemporary art pose a range of unique conservation, logistical, ethical, and conceptual challenges.

Generously illustrated essays consider a wide range of artistic and other material evidence, including archaeological finds, artworks, and inscriptions, Egypt and the Classical World sheds light on cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome from the Late Period and Ptolemaic dynasty to the Roman Empire. Read online and download in multiple formats for free, or buy the paperbackĮgypt and the Classical World: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Antiquity Essays offer readers critical insights and point toward research, policy, and action agendas to protect both people and cultural heritage. Focusing on immovable cultural heritage, this volume’s guiding framework is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a United Nations resolution adopted in 2005 to permit international intervention against crimes of war or genocide.

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