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BLIND SPOTS IN MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY: Ancient Egypt in the Ethnographic Museum
Museum Anthropology, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 96-110, Fall 2022., 2022 abstract In the past few decades, the literature in museum anthropology has advocated efforts to be more transparent about its colonial origins, address the historical injustices of imperial collecting, and rethink display narratives in collaboration with source communities.
Alice Stevenson, Alice Williams
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Riley in Cairo: British Art and Egypt in the 1980s
Art History, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 650-672, June 2022., 2022 In the early 1980s, Bridget Riley produced a series of paintings distinguished by their use of the same group of colours, said to have been inspired by the vividly preserved painted tombs that she encountered during a visit to Egypt in the winter of 1979–80.
Richard Johns
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Transhistorical Dialogue Concerning Images: Baltrušaitis and Kircher
Meno Istorija ir Kritika, 2020 The article explores the works of Jurgis Baltrušaitis on depraved perspectives. In particular, it examines his references to Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher in the books dedicated to anamorphoses, aberrations, Egyptomania and distorting mirror’s ...
Žukauskienė Odeta
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Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2020 Entre rêverie et authenticité – une immersion dans l’Égypte Ancienne avec le peintre Stefan Bakałowicz This article consists of a study of two Egyptian paintings of the Russian-Polish painter Stefan Bakalowicz (1857-1947). The study seeks to establish
Valentin Boyer
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In Situ, 2016 As a result of their necessary modernisation, old chemists’ shops are a particuluraly threated sector of the private, commercial heritage. The Gros Pharmacy in Clermont-Ferrand designed in 1921; was famous all around the world for its exterior decor and ...
Jean-Marcel Humbert
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Excavating the Modern Self: Haggard’s Egyptological Romances
E-REA, 2020 Henry Rider Haggard’s Egyptomania took many shapes, from regular journeys to Egypt to extensive collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts. This article looks more particularly at Haggard’s representation of ancient Egypt in his literary works and at the ...
Nolwenn CORRIOU
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Ancient Egypt in our Cultural Heritage?
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016 Inspiration derived from ancient Egypt is usually expressed through the Egyptian motifs in arts and popular culture of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as through the non-scientific interpretations of the culture, very much based upon the Renaissance
Vera Vasiljević
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'A selection of minor antiquities': a multi-sited view on collections from excavations in Egypt [PDF]
, 2016 This article draws upon the ‘Artefacts of Excavation’ (2014–17) project, which is investigating the worldwide distribution of finds from British-led excavations in Egypt between 1880 and 1980.
Libonati, E, Stevenson, A, Williams, A
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Music-Historical Egyptomania, 1650–1950 [PDF]
Journal of the History of Ideas, 2014 Starting with Athanasius Kircher in the seventeenth century, it became de rigueur for music histories to include a discussion of Ancient Egypt’s musical contribution. This is striking, considering that no notated sources of ancient Egyptian music exist. Due to stringent cultural demands, Egypt became an indispensable component of music histories in
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The Sublime Excess of the American Landscape : Dances with Wolves and Sunchaser as Healing Landscapes [PDF]
, 2001 Dans cet article, l'auteur analyse les paysages des films Dances with Wolves de Kevin Costner ainsi que Sunchaser de Michael Cimino, les considérant comme « théâtres de la mémoire » dans lesquels de nombreux arts sont « re ...
Natali, Maurizia
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