Egypt
Suite101 (Stan Parchin)
Stan goes on to list those artefacts in the display which are genuine and those which are probably forgeries. There are some excellent photographs to accompany the piece.
- Ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead Exhibit At Royal Ontario Museum
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead" at the Royal Ontario Museum displays its recently conserved religious scroll and some 130 related artifacts usually in storage. This third installment of the ROM's Out of the Vaults series,...
- Exhibition: Unearthing The Truth
Brooklyn Museum (Edna R. Russmann) Thanks to Lin Wang for the above link. Unearthing the Truth opens on Friday, February 13th. Now that this rather unusual exhibition is ready to go, I am glad to have this opportunity to talk about it a little. Most of...
- Exhibition: More Re Unearthing The Truth - Egypt’s Pagan And Coptic Sculpture
Thanks to Sally Williams, Public Information Officer at the Brooklyn Museum, for sending me the following press release and photographs: Brooklyn Museum Presents Exhibition of Genuine and Fake Late Antique Egyptian Sculpture Unearthing the Truth: Egypt’s...
- Exhibition: More Re Fake Coptic Items At The Brooklyn Museum
Yahoo! News The Brooklyn Museum, which recently announced its prized collection of stone sculptures from ancient Egypt was cluttered with fakes, is planning an exhibit with these pieces to raise awareness of forgeries in the world's art collections....
- Exhibition: Coptic Sculpture In The Brooklyn Museum
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) "Coptic Sculpture in the Brooklyn Museum" will present authentic Late Antique works with their modern-day replicas. Late Antique Egyptian sculptures (395-642 A.D.) and modern replicas are compared in an upcoming exhibition in...
Egypt
Exhibition: More re Unearthing the Truth - Egypt’s Pagan and Coptic Sculpture
Suite101 (Stan Parchin)
The exhibition, on view from February 13 to May 19, 2009, presents 30 Late Antique works (395-642 A.D.), many genuine, alongside reworked or repainted objects and a number of modern forgeries in an ambitious attempt to explain how imitations made their way into the institution since World War II.
Issues of Authenticity
Carved from a soft Egyptian limestone, the sculptures on view are rich in pagan and Christian symbolism. Funerary portraits are joined by statuary from Coptic cemeteries, churches and monasteries. Many were acquired in the 1960s and 1970s, a period when scholars knew very little about these works of art in European and American collections. Suspicions about their authenticity subsequently developed. Now experts believe that the Late Antique forgeries were carved from ancient stone remnants. Their emphasis on Christian themes and iconography reflect the interests and tastes of the sculptures' buyers at the time of their purchase.
Stan goes on to list those artefacts in the display which are genuine and those which are probably forgeries. There are some excellent photographs to accompany the piece.
- Ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead Exhibit At Royal Ontario Museum
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead" at the Royal Ontario Museum displays its recently conserved religious scroll and some 130 related artifacts usually in storage. This third installment of the ROM's Out of the Vaults series,...
- Exhibition: Unearthing The Truth
Brooklyn Museum (Edna R. Russmann) Thanks to Lin Wang for the above link. Unearthing the Truth opens on Friday, February 13th. Now that this rather unusual exhibition is ready to go, I am glad to have this opportunity to talk about it a little. Most of...
- Exhibition: More Re Unearthing The Truth - Egypt’s Pagan And Coptic Sculpture
Thanks to Sally Williams, Public Information Officer at the Brooklyn Museum, for sending me the following press release and photographs: Brooklyn Museum Presents Exhibition of Genuine and Fake Late Antique Egyptian Sculpture Unearthing the Truth: Egypt’s...
- Exhibition: More Re Fake Coptic Items At The Brooklyn Museum
Yahoo! News The Brooklyn Museum, which recently announced its prized collection of stone sculptures from ancient Egypt was cluttered with fakes, is planning an exhibit with these pieces to raise awareness of forgeries in the world's art collections....
- Exhibition: Coptic Sculpture In The Brooklyn Museum
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) "Coptic Sculpture in the Brooklyn Museum" will present authentic Late Antique works with their modern-day replicas. Late Antique Egyptian sculptures (395-642 A.D.) and modern replicas are compared in an upcoming exhibition in...