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