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Egyptian Revival

July 1, 2012

By Sara Ickow

The vocabulary of ancient Egyptian art would be interpreted and adapted in different ways depending on the standards and motivations of the time.
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A Virtual Tour of The New Woman Behind the Camera

July 8, 2021

By Mia Fineman

The New Woman was a global ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art.
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Women in Classical Greece

October 1, 2004

By Colette Hemingway

In addition to childbearing, the weaving of fabric and managing the household were the principal responsibilities of a Greek woman. Young women, however, had some mobility in antiquity.
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Ancient Egyptian Amulets

February 1, 2019

By Isabel Stünkel

An amulet is an object believed to have certain positive properties that, as the amulet’s main function, can magically be bestowed upon its owner.
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Roman Egypt

October 1, 2000

By Department of Greek and Roman Art and Department of Asian Art

The conquest of Egypt and its incorporation into the Roman empire inaugurated a new fascination with its ancient culture.
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The Ideal Woman

February 17, 2012

By Jamilah

Teen Advisory Group Member Jamilah writes about what the ideal woman looked like during the Renaissance.
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Roman Sarcophagi

April 1, 2007

By Heather T. Awan

Sarcophagi had been used for centuries by the Etruscans and the Greeks; when the Romans eventually adopted inhumation as their primary funerary practice, both of these cultures had an impact on the development of Roman sarcophagi.
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Egyptian Red Gold

March 1, 2007

By Deborah Salomon and Tony Frantz

Alfred Lucas, one of the foremost early researchers in the study of ancient Egyptian technology, correctly surmised that the vast majority of such colorations resulted from fortuitous tarnishing of silver-bearing gold and also recognized correctly that a smaller group of objects bearing a distinctly different red coloration represented another phenomenon altogether.
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Egyptian Modern Art

October 1, 2004

By Salwa Mikdadi

The first generation of modern Egyptian artists was driven by a renewed appreciation of their national patrimony and the return to ancient pharaonic art detached from any African, Arab, or religious cultural references.
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Pablo Picasso's Standing Woman, 1912

October 22, 2018

By Rachel Mustalish

A conservator describes the techniques Picasso used to create his ink and charcoal drawing, _Standing Woman_ (1912).
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Egyptian Woman

John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)

Date: 1890–91
Accession Number: 50.130.21

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An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child

Léon Bonnat (French, Bayonne 1833–1922 Monchy-Saint-Eloi)

Date: 1869–70
Accession Number: 87.15.97

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Terracotta head of a woman

Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
Accession Number: 98.8.34

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Terracotta head of a woman

Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
Accession Number: 98.8.35

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Terracotta head of a woman

Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
Accession Number: 98.8.37

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Terracotta statuette

Date: ca. 2nd century CE
Accession Number: 89.2.2004

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Cosmetic Spoon in the Shape of Swimming Woman Holding a Dish

Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Accession Number: 26.2.47

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Terracotta statuette of a woman with tympanum

Date: ca. 2nd century CE
Accession Number: 89.2.2005

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Fragment of a painted mummy shroud

Date: late 2nd–3rd century CE
Accession Number: X.390

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Egyptian Woman with Earrings

John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)

Date: 1890–91
Accession Number: 50.130.22