Egyptian Art [066] Coptic Art (001)

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Title Egyptian Art [066] Coptic Art (001)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 10, Egypt, Painting, 16
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1977
Subject Cemeteries--Egypt--Photographs; Oases--Egypt--Photographs; Coptic art--Egypt--Photographs; Painting--Egypt--Photographs; Noah's ark in art--Egypt--Photographs; Domes--Egypt--Photographs; Egypt; Cemeteries; Art; Noah's ark
Keywords El Kharga; Al-Kharijah; Bagawat; Al-Bagawat
Spatial Coverage Kharga (Egypt : Oasis)
Description Photo showing Noah's Ark painting, 5th century, Chapel of Peace, Bagawat Necropolis, Kharga Oasis, Egypt
Caption on Slide Noah's Ark, 5th century, Chapel of Peace, Bagawat Necropolis, Kharga Oasis, Egypt.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found at: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/kharga-oasis Note: Additional information can be found at: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/kharga-oasis/bagawat-necropolis Note: Coptic art, Christian art in the upper Nile valley of Egypt. Reaching its mature phase in the late 5th and 6th cent. ... Coptic art is characterized by a high degree of stylization verging on abstraction. Forms are flattened out, and individual motifs acquire bold simplicity and decorative character. Subject matter represents both Christian and Roman sources. Remains of wall paintings reveal scenes from the Old and New Testaments ...--The Columbia Encyclopedia, Credo Reference Database.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
ARK ark:/87278/s68p6gx2
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 335385
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68p6gx2
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