Living in Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs: the message of Egyptian painting.
Wandering| N° d'inventaire | 5940 |
| Format | 24.5 x 29.5 |
| Détails | 221 p., 216 illustrations, hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2001 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782877722148 |
The Egyptians adorned their tombs with magnificent paintings. Death was the continuity of their daily life in each of its actions and gestures. Society is illustrated there from the child to the old man, from the servant to the pharaoh, with all the trades, from the peasant to the soldier. The attention to detail makes their representations treasures, and no other civilization offers us these extraordinary picture books that can make us experience scenes from day to day. Watching work in the fields or artisans' workshops, a hunting party in the marshes or deserts, a banquet accompanied by musicians or dancers. Entering the home of a notable as well as that of a simple worker, strolling in sumptuous gardens, planted with the rarest species. Going to the hairdresser in a village square and, in passing, dropping off your laundry at the laundress. Admiring the finery of these ladies dressed for the party. In a word, penetrating the intimacy of this society as if it were our own. Today, many of these tombs are closed to photographers, and some of the paintings have been destroyed or erased since their discovery. Thirty years ago, a photographer systematically surveyed these tombs. His testimony is unique and, thanks to modern Egyptology, allows us to see a film more than three thousand years old unfold in a profusion of images. At the end of the book, there is a map of the site of the illustrations with commentary.
The Egyptians adorned their tombs with magnificent paintings. Death was the continuity of their daily life in each of its actions and gestures. Society is illustrated there from the child to the old man, from the servant to the pharaoh, with all the trades, from the peasant to the soldier. The attention to detail makes their representations treasures, and no other civilization offers us these extraordinary picture books that can make us experience scenes from day to day. Watching work in the fields or artisans' workshops, a hunting party in the marshes or deserts, a banquet accompanied by musicians or dancers. Entering the home of a notable as well as that of a simple worker, strolling in sumptuous gardens, planted with the rarest species. Going to the hairdresser in a village square and, in passing, dropping off your laundry at the laundress. Admiring the finery of these ladies dressed for the party. In a word, penetrating the intimacy of this society as if it were our own. Today, many of these tombs are closed to photographers, and some of the paintings have been destroyed or erased since their discovery. Thirty years ago, a photographer systematically surveyed these tombs. His testimony is unique and, thanks to modern Egyptology, allows us to see a film more than three thousand years old unfold in a profusion of images. At the end of the book, there is a map of the site of the illustrations with commentary.