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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/330/338-27.jpg
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
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Woodwork Funerary art Funerary objects Funerary sculpture Ceremonial objects Models (representations) Three-quarter views Oblique views Overhead views Architecture (object genre) Buildings Houses Dwellings Exterior views Architectural elements Porticoes Porches Columns (architectural elements) Colonnades Lotus capitals Capitals (column components) Stylization Gardens Walled gardens Trees Sycamore Plants (vegetation) Vegetation Bodies of water Pools
Subject	Sculpture Woodwork Ceremonial objects Models Building models Buildings Architecture Houses Dwellings Residential facilities Architectural elements Structural elements Porticoes (Porches) Porches Columns Colonnades Capitals (Columns) Gardens Trees Sycamores Plants Pools Bodies of water
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 Buildings Houses Dwellings Architecture Gardens Funerary objects
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
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