Egypt
New York Times (Souren Melikian)
- Dorothea Arnold To Become Curator Emeritus
Art Daily Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced that distinguished curator, scholar, and archaeologist Dorothea Arnold will retire on June 30, following 21 years as head of the Department of Egyptian Art,...
- Exhibition: Horemheb At The Metropolitan
Art Daily One of the most fascinating pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Haremhab (reigned ca. 1316–1302 B. C.) was a strong leader in a time of political and religious transition. As commander-in-chief of Tutankhamun's army, he oversaw important military...
- Exhibition: The General Who Became King
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin) With photos. The ambitious successor of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1323 B.C.) is the subject of Haremhab, The General Who Became King, opening November 10, 2010 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. This landmark...
- To Bury A Pharaoh
Archaeology Magazine (Eti Bonn-Muller) Met curator Dorothea Arnold takes a fresh look at the leftover materials from Tutankhamun's mummification. More than a century ago, a rather unspectacular discovery was made in Egypt's Valley of the Kings....
- Book Review: When The Pyramids Were Built
Egyptians (Tim Reid) When the Pyramids Were Built: Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom Dorothea Arnold, 1999 Rizzoli International Publications This lovely book was written by Dorothea Arnold in conjunction with the exhibition "Egyptian Art in the Age of...
Egypt
Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor
New York Times (Souren Melikian)
Perhaps the future of top museums across the Western world that are strapped for cash lies in cameo exhibitions. This much is suggested by the remarkable show “Haremhab, the General Who Became King” put together by Dorothea Arnold, chairwoman of the department of Egyptian art at the Metropolitan Museum here, and running through July 4. Not only are small exhibitions cheaper, they can sometimes be more effective by inducing much closer attention.
In zooming in on the time of Haremhab, the military chief who wielded immense power before ruling as a pharaoh from around 1316 to 1302 B.C., Ms. Arnold’s exhibition brings out an aspect of Egyptian art that has virtually gone unnoticed. The long-held myth of a culture solely concerned with timeless icons of gods and kings in postures dictated by canon is finally dispelled, even if that is not the purpose of the show. Viewers discover that images of humans lost in their private thoughts and beset by anxiety already appeared in Egypt by the mid-third millennium B.C.
- Dorothea Arnold To Become Curator Emeritus
Art Daily Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced that distinguished curator, scholar, and archaeologist Dorothea Arnold will retire on June 30, following 21 years as head of the Department of Egyptian Art,...
- Exhibition: Horemheb At The Metropolitan
Art Daily One of the most fascinating pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Haremhab (reigned ca. 1316–1302 B. C.) was a strong leader in a time of political and religious transition. As commander-in-chief of Tutankhamun's army, he oversaw important military...
- Exhibition: The General Who Became King
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin) With photos. The ambitious successor of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1323 B.C.) is the subject of Haremhab, The General Who Became King, opening November 10, 2010 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. This landmark...
- To Bury A Pharaoh
Archaeology Magazine (Eti Bonn-Muller) Met curator Dorothea Arnold takes a fresh look at the leftover materials from Tutankhamun's mummification. More than a century ago, a rather unspectacular discovery was made in Egypt's Valley of the Kings....
- Book Review: When The Pyramids Were Built
Egyptians (Tim Reid) When the Pyramids Were Built: Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom Dorothea Arnold, 1999 Rizzoli International Publications This lovely book was written by Dorothea Arnold in conjunction with the exhibition "Egyptian Art in the Age of...