Egypt
- Exhibition: More Re Impact Of Egpyt On Sculpture Of Giacometti
The Canadian Press He is called "the Egyptian," but Alberto Giacometti never was in Egypt. A Zurich show just gives him that name to focus on the intense fascination ancient Egyptian art exerted over the Swiss sculptor. The exhibition highlights for the...
- Egyptomania: Paintings Of Susana Barros
ANBA - Brazil Arab News Agency (Marina Sarruf) The pictures and paintings by Brazilian artist Susana Barros have very much in common with the Egyptian millenary art. The geometric forms, live colours and symmetry are the same as those found in the tombs,...
- Perfume Manufacture, Ancient And Modern
http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=8497"According to historians, the need for refreshing and scented essences became so fundamental that the first strike in the history of humanity, in around 1,330 b.C., was by the soldiers of pharaoh Seti I,...
- A Response To The King Tut Facial Reconstruction
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/11898589.htmA very short article on the Contra Costa Times website's Letters Page. This is buried in the middle of a page, and the URL doesn't seem to work very consistently so I have reproduced the...
- The Raising Of Amenhotep Iii
The Egyptian antiquities service has re-erected 2 statues on their original site in the memorial temple of Amenhotep III at Luxor. Amenhotep III was known as "the magnificent" because he reigned at the epoch of the Egyptian empire in the middle of the...
Egypt
Peruvian artist makes Egypt inspired sculptures
http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=9757
"Júlio César is a Peruvian artisan and has been working with sculptures and pictures based on the historic Egyptian culture in Brazil for over 40 years. The Egyptian items, made out of stone, show gods and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Khafra, a pharaoh who reigned between 2520 and 2494 BC and was responsible for the construction of the second largest Egyptian pyramid, became a picture sculpted by Júlio César. Ramesses II, the most famous Egyptian pharaoh, who reigned between 1290 and 1223 BC, became a statue. The sculptor's favourite image, however, among those of the Egyptians, is that of Akhenaten". Sadly, although there is a nice photo of the artist, there is none of his work. See the above web page for the full story.
"Júlio César is a Peruvian artisan and has been working with sculptures and pictures based on the historic Egyptian culture in Brazil for over 40 years. The Egyptian items, made out of stone, show gods and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Khafra, a pharaoh who reigned between 2520 and 2494 BC and was responsible for the construction of the second largest Egyptian pyramid, became a picture sculpted by Júlio César. Ramesses II, the most famous Egyptian pharaoh, who reigned between 1290 and 1223 BC, became a statue. The sculptor's favourite image, however, among those of the Egyptians, is that of Akhenaten". Sadly, although there is a nice photo of the artist, there is none of his work. See the above web page for the full story.
- Exhibition: More Re Impact Of Egpyt On Sculpture Of Giacometti
The Canadian Press He is called "the Egyptian," but Alberto Giacometti never was in Egypt. A Zurich show just gives him that name to focus on the intense fascination ancient Egyptian art exerted over the Swiss sculptor. The exhibition highlights for the...
- Egyptomania: Paintings Of Susana Barros
ANBA - Brazil Arab News Agency (Marina Sarruf) The pictures and paintings by Brazilian artist Susana Barros have very much in common with the Egyptian millenary art. The geometric forms, live colours and symmetry are the same as those found in the tombs,...
- Perfume Manufacture, Ancient And Modern
http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=8497"According to historians, the need for refreshing and scented essences became so fundamental that the first strike in the history of humanity, in around 1,330 b.C., was by the soldiers of pharaoh Seti I,...
- A Response To The King Tut Facial Reconstruction
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/11898589.htmA very short article on the Contra Costa Times website's Letters Page. This is buried in the middle of a page, and the URL doesn't seem to work very consistently so I have reproduced the...
- The Raising Of Amenhotep Iii
The Egyptian antiquities service has re-erected 2 statues on their original site in the memorial temple of Amenhotep III at Luxor. Amenhotep III was known as "the magnificent" because he reigned at the epoch of the Egyptian empire in the middle of the...