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barakatgallerybeverlyhills: Egyptian Painted Wooden Mummy Mask...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:19 -0400

Egyptian Painted Wooden Mummy Mask
Origin: Egypt
Circa: 1295 BC to 1187 BC
Dimensions: 22.5” (57.2cm) high
Collection: Egyptian
Medium: Painted Wood

Preserved as a bust from about the level of the middle of the chest to the crown of the head, this remarkably well-preserved upper part of an anthropoid sarcophagus depicts the deceased as a stylized mummy. He is shown wearing a broad collar consisting of over a half a dozen strands of floral motifs and a plaited false beard, the tip of which is curved in order to identify him more closely with Osiris, god of the Hereafter. His face is framed by a striated, tripartite wig and is painted green, the color of the floral realm of Osiris, which in association with the floral broad collar symbolically assures his resurrection.

The features of the cordiform face are designed in a time-honored idealizing manner so that the deceased might be physically fit for eternity. Consequently, the eyes, hieroglyphic in their shape, are set into sockets framed by eyebrows rendered as cosmetic stripes. The bridge of the nose is thin and ends in well-proportioned wings. The upper lip is less fleshy than the lower, and these imbue the face with a contented, self- assured countenance.

Stylistically, our bust from an anthropoid sarcophagus corresponds to a well-documented category, all of the examples of which share in common a green-painted face as well as the same design and decoration of the wig and false beard. In these examples as well, the broad collar is placed on the chest in such a way that the area between the lappets of the wig, above the broad collar, and beneath the false beard appears to be devoid of any decoration whatsoever. This detail is purposeful because it was intended to represent the mummy itself over which the broad collar was simply placed. All of these examples are dated to Dynasty XXV, the so-called Kushite Dynasty, whose pharaohs were pre-occupied with the cult of Osiris. Such devotion resulted in the pronounced, but restrained Osirian symbolism exhibited by the green faces, floral broad collars, and plaited, curved false beards, all of which are characteristic of these objects in general.

References:

For the type, see the inner coffin of Horankh in Dallas, The Dallas Museum of Art (1994.184), discussed and illustrated by John H. Taylor, “Patterns of colouring on ancient Egyptian coffins from the New Kingdom to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, an overview,” in W. V. Davis [editor], Colour and Painting in Ancient Egypt (London 2001), page 175 and color plate 55, 2.

tamburina: Egon Schiele, Totes Mädchen (detail), 1910

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:47:23 -0400

tamburina:

Egon Schiele, Totes Mädchen (detail), 1910

art-and-fury: An Arab and his Dog - Jean-Léon Gérôme

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:29:13 -0400

art-and-fury:

An Arab and his Dog - Jean-Léon Gérôme

fleurdulys: Ajax and Cassandra - Solomon Joseph Solomon 1886

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:58 -0400

fleurdulys:

Ajax and Cassandra - Solomon Joseph Solomon

1886

music-in-art: Afifa Aleiby, née en 1953 en Irak.

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:11 -0400

music-in-art:

Afifa Aleiby, née en 1953 en Irak.

les-sources-du-nil: Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Nu, circa...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:56 -0400

les-sources-du-nil:

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Nu, circa 1900-1908

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:19 -0400

tylerelizabeth: Minotaur and Dead Mare by Pablo Picasso, 1936

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:01 -0400

tylerelizabeth:

Minotaur and Dead Mare by Pablo Picasso, 1936

nabiloou: Soner Göksay (via Sahibin Portreleri & Sembolik...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:10:40 -0400

nabiloou:

Soner Göksay

(via Sahibin Portreleri & Sembolik Uyum)

the-paintrist: davidgmarin: Anselm Feuerbach - (self)portraits...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:10:21 -0400

the-paintrist:

davidgmarin:

Anselm Feuerbach - (self)portraits - 19th century

Anselm Feuerbach (12 September 1829 – 4 January 1880) was a German painter. He was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school.

Feuerbach was born at Speyer, the son of the well-known archaeologist Joseph Anselm Feuerbach and the grandson of the legal scholar Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach.

After having passed through the art schools of Düsseldorf and Munich, he went to Antwerp and subsequently to Paris, where he benefited by the teaching of Couture, and produced his first masterpiece, Hafiz at the Fountain in 1852. He subsequently worked at Karlsruhe, and then Venice. In Venice, he fell under the spell of the greatest school of colourists, and several of his work demonstrate a close study of the Italian masters. He then proceeded to Rome and then Vienna.

In Vienna, he associated with Johannes Brahms. In 1873, he became professor in the Vienna Academy, but disappointed with the reception given in Vienna to his design of The Fall of the Titans for the ceiling of the new Artists’ House Museum, he went to live in Venice, where he died in 1880. After his death, Brahms composed Nänie, a piece for chorus and orchestra, in his memory.

He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

ppicasso: ‘Desnudo al lado del mar’, 1929. Metropolitan Museum...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:05:21 -0400

ppicasso:

‘Desnudo al lado del mar’, 1929. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York

themadh0use: Picasso: Portrait of Sylvette, 1954. Oil on...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:04:29 -0400

themadh0use:

Picasso: Portrait of Sylvette, 1954. Oil on canvas.

“When I was as old as these children, I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like them.”

soulhospital: Emissaries - Nnenna Okore, 2009. Contemporary Art...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:58 -0400

soulhospital:

Emissaries - Nnenna Okore, 2009.

Contemporary Art - Handmade paper, dye, burlap, jute rope and yarn, 274 x 366 cm.

nabiloou: Bassam Nasser (via oil 100*100 2012 -...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:38 -0400

nabiloou:

Bassam Nasser

(via oil 100*100 2012 - ART-ON-GOOGLE)

bochtscha: aneleh: Focusing On Beauty #Shiloh Sophia McCloud

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:03:05 -0400

bochtscha:

aneleh:

Focusing On Beauty

#Shiloh Sophia McCloud

lacontessa: seelenklempner: Woman dressed in blue von Pablo...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:01:52 -0400

lacontessa:

seelenklempner: Woman dressed in blue von Pablo Picasso (1901)

idterab: Bahram Hajo - Syrian Artist

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:41 -0400

idterab:

Bahram Hajo - Syrian Artist

carmeljenkin-art: Drawing by Carmel Jenkin Sit With Me Well,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:25:00 -0400

carmeljenkin-art:

Drawing by Carmel Jenkin

Sit With Me Well, charcoal on paper, 81cm x 57cm

There were many areas that I erased in this drawing due to dissatisfaction. However the history of those marks faintly remain.

This piece will be available for purchase on Daily Painters MAY 22nd.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carmel-Jenkin-Artist/184094068366512?ref=br_rs

derwiduhudar: Der Glaube, from a tomb monument, by Franz Xaver...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:32:51 -0400

derwiduhudar:

Der Glaube, from a tomb monument, by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

spoookyscary: Attributed to Nicolaus Gerhaert von Leyden...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:32:32 -0400

spoookyscary:

Attributed to Nicolaus Gerhaert von Leyden Netherlandish, active in Germany, 1462/73 Reliquary Bust of Saint Margaret of Antioch, 1465/70 Walnut, with traces of polychromy