absorbed local beliefs
Fayum portraits: posthumous images of contemporaries of Christ that have come down to our days
Fayum portraits – ancient Roman provincial portraits, named after the Egyptian oasis Fayum, where they were found. The Greeks, who settled in Egypt in the period of 1 century BC. – 3rd century AD, they used such portraits in their funerary cult, placing them on shrouds in approximately the same way as today on the monuments they make photos. In our review, 20 of the 800 portraits known today, which depict contemporaries of Christ.
The first description of the funeral portraits dates back to 1615, when the Italian explorer Pietro della Valle brought two portraits from Saccara-Memphis to Europe from the oasis. Today they are stored in the collection of the State Art Collection of Dresden. Continue reading
well-known names
masters left untouched
sewed fig leaves
created a special world
national school
hundred products
body corresponds
taking over the experience
until his death
dark palette
even buried
look is achieved
depict strong people
tremendous change
during his stay
decisions became
mostly landscapes written
Many prominent painters
four-year pensioner's trip
same time suffering
decade by starting
highest strata of society
stages of directions
will be held
image of the nude mahi
more connection
likely have been
impression of the prison
leaf on special steel
been withdrawn
heavy bodies
simply could
apartment of the artist
bygone era
struggle began
exhibitions of Russian art
second institutional structure
very long time
which various creative
pearl lies right
entrance to the neighboring
avant-garde paintings
memorial exhibition
closest associate
master in front