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been withdrawn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