DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

Search

Find results with:

Search by date

Searching collections:

Home

Model of a house and garden, from Thebes, [Egypt].

Rate

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Model of a house and garden, from Thebes, [Egypt].

View Description

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

...

Title	Model of a house and garden, from Thebes, [Egypt].
Date	2009-1997 BCE?
Cultural Context	Ancient Egyptian Egyptian African North African Middle Eastern
Style/Period	Egyptian (ancient) Middle Kingdom (Egyptian) Eleventh Dynasty
Subject	Ceremonial objects Models Building models Houses Porticoes (Porches) Porches Columns Colonnades Gardens Trees Sycamores Plants Pools
Description	Tomb art.
Location Depicted	Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) Egypt
Material	Painted and plastered wood and copper Paint Plaster Wood (plant material) Copper (metal) Metal
Measurements	Length 33" (83.8 cm)
Technique	Painting (image-making) Plastering Sculpting Woodworking Coppersmithing Metalworking
Work Type	Sculpture Models Building models Houses Architecture Gardens Funerary objects Woodwork
Repository	Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York)
Source	Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. New York: Abrams, 1995. (fig.3-20, p.109)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Stokstad courtesy: Copyright © By The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Purchase, Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920 (20.3.13)).
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 338-27.jpg
Rating