Egypt
Rita Freed Lawrence M. Berman Denise M. Doxey
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
2003
ISBN 0-87846-661-4
Recently my nine year old charge Natasha was on her way to Boston with her family so I urged her to visit the Museum of Fine Arts to find Djehutynakht's brick makers and tell me about them unfortunately the brick makers were not on display thankfully Natasha brought this book home which does have that picture.
I am already a fan of the museums bulletins of George Reisner's excavations at the start of the last century through which the museum acquired many of its finest pieces complete with provenances. The book opens up with short history of the founding of Egyptology and Egyptian collections in America including the founding of Boston's collection.
The collection in the museum is one of the largest and finest in the world particularly on it's Old and Middle Kingdom collections though all periods of Egyptian art are well attested by masterpieces in this collections 60 000 pieces. The highlights chosen for the book are among the finest and most famous objects of Pharaonic Egypt including the 2nd Dynasty scepter of King Khasekhemwy which indeed does inspire awe while my friend Natasha really liked the 4th Dynasty beaded dress.
The authors add details from Dr. Reisner's expeditions in relation to acquisition of individual objects including artifacts not represented in the Cairo museum. Highlights was an excellent read with very fine pictures but that does not surprise me considering after all it is the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and one of the worlds great collections.
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Egypt
MFA Highlights: Arts of Ancient Egypt
Rita Freed Lawrence M. Berman Denise M. Doxey
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
2003
ISBN 0-87846-661-4
Recently my nine year old charge Natasha was on her way to Boston with her family so I urged her to visit the Museum of Fine Arts to find Djehutynakht's brick makers and tell me about them unfortunately the brick makers were not on display thankfully Natasha brought this book home which does have that picture.
I am already a fan of the museums bulletins of George Reisner's excavations at the start of the last century through which the museum acquired many of its finest pieces complete with provenances. The book opens up with short history of the founding of Egyptology and Egyptian collections in America including the founding of Boston's collection.
The collection in the museum is one of the largest and finest in the world particularly on it's Old and Middle Kingdom collections though all periods of Egyptian art are well attested by masterpieces in this collections 60 000 pieces. The highlights chosen for the book are among the finest and most famous objects of Pharaonic Egypt including the 2nd Dynasty scepter of King Khasekhemwy which indeed does inspire awe while my friend Natasha really liked the 4th Dynasty beaded dress.
The authors add details from Dr. Reisner's expeditions in relation to acquisition of individual objects including artifacts not represented in the Cairo museum. Highlights was an excellent read with very fine pictures but that does not surprise me considering after all it is the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and one of the worlds great collections.
- Interview: Giza 3d - Peter Der Manuelian And Mehdi Tayoubi
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown) Yesterday the Giza 3D Project was launched at a gala event at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). After the event I caught up virtually with Peter Der Manuelian, Giza Archives Director at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts...
- Strategic Partnership To Develop 3d Archaeological Content
3DS Press Release. One of the world’s largest Egyptology databases, the Giza Archives Project, will be the first to benefit from the power of interactive, immersive and multi-platform 3D experiences for both the scientific community and the general...
- Egyptian Treasures: From The Collections Of The Brooklyn Museum
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York 1978 ISBN 0-8109-2170-7 How I dislike over sized books this one though half a book shelf long is not thick and it's size is exploited beautifully with full page photographs by Seth Joel. Many beautiful objects...
- Mummy Secrets Of The Tomb
Here we have a travelling American exhibition presented by the British Museum and opening in Richmond Virginia at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition will run from November 19, 2011 through to March 11, 2012 and display more than a hundred...
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I have long been fascinated by tomb 10a at El Bersha, the tombs occupant a governor named Djehutynakht was buried in what may be the finest surviving coffin of the Middle Kingdom. His wife in the tomb next to him and what might be the largest collection...