Mummy portraits of Roman Egypt. emerging research from the APPEAR Project / Volume 2 :

"Publishes the papers delivered at the 2022 APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research) conference, which present research on and discoveries about ancient Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits preserved in international collections"--

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: APPEAR (Project) (Author)
Other Authors: Svoboda, Marie (Editor), Cartwright, Caroline (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2026.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The histories they hold : on making mummy portraits matter / Jan M. van Daal
  • Roman-Egyptian mummy portraits and panels of gods from the Louvre : renewed historical and material knowledge / Lucile Brunel-Duverger [and ten others]
  • Three Romano-Egyptian panel paintings in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek / Jens Stenger, Cecilie Brons, Richard Newman, Caroline R. Cartwright
  • Between the linen and the overpaint : understanding the materials and techniques used on two Romano-Egyptian funerary portrait shrouds / William J. Mastandrea [and five others]
  • Non-invasive investigations on three ancient mummy portraits at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens : challenges and benefits / Peppy Tsakri, Ioannis Panagakos
  • Learning from lemons : mummy portrait forgeries in the Menil Collection / Corina E. Rogge, Caroline R. Cartwright
  • Mummy portraits and painted panels from Roman Egypt : seeing the wood for the trees / Caroline R. Cartwright
  • Egg on their faces : investigation of an unusual surface coating observed on Egyptian funerary portraits / Marie Svoboda [and four others]
  • Insights from a collaborative study of beeswax paint from Romano-Egyptian mummy portraits / Joy Mazurek, Lin Rosa Spaabaek
  • Calculated viewing angles in the presentation of Romano-Egyptian mummy portraits / Jevon Thistlewood
  • The Saint Louis painter's artistic circle / Branko F. van Oppen de Ruiter
  • Exploring artistic practice in Roman Egypt : a study of nine portraits at The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Dorothy Mahon [and seven others]
  • Umbras dividendas ab lumine : pigments, their mixtures, and distribution on mummy portraits in relation to primary sources / Giovanni Verri [and nine others]
  • Insights into the materials and technique of a Roman Egyptian funerary portrait obtained from elemental mapping and luminescence imaging / Stephanie Spence, John Twilley
  • Linked histories : understanding the making and remaking of a Roman Egyptian portrait at the Detroit Institute of Arts through comparison to a funerary portrait at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore / Christina Bisulca, Ellen Hanspach-Bernal, Aaron Steele
  • Mummy portrait of a boy from the National Museum in Warsaw : investigation of its history and technology / Agnieszka Kijowska [and four others]
  • Funerary portraits from Roman Egypt : facing forward - an exhibition and inter-institutional collaboration looking for the artists of ancient Philadelphia / Kate Smith [and eight others].