previously unknown works
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
heavy bodies
master in front
look is achieved
highest strata of society
will be held
dark palette
Many prominent painters
depict strong people
until his death
more connection
hundred products
second institutional structure
four-year pensioner's trip
entrance to the neighboring
decisions became
avant-garde paintings
image of the nude mahi
apartment of the artist
national school
even buried
leaf on special steel
likely have been
created a special world
simply could
very long time
been withdrawn
same time suffering
during his stay
struggle began
bygone era
pearl lies right
memorial exhibition
body corresponds
stages of directions
sewed fig leaves
tremendous change
decade by starting
exhibitions of Russian art
masters left untouched
closest associate
which various creative
impression of the prison
well-known names
mostly landscapes written
taking over the experience