Research Catalog

Title

The Nebamun wall paintings : conservation, scientific analysis and display at the British Museum / edited by Andrew Middleton and Ken Uprichard.

Publication

London : Archetype Publications : in association with the British Museum, ©2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Middleton, Andrew (Andrew P.)
• Uprichard, Ken.
• British Museum.

Description

xx, 124 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 30 cm.

Summary

"The eleven wall painting fragments from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun that were brought to the British Museum in the early 19th century have long been recognised as some of the finest examples of ancient Egyptian art and have been considered among the greatest treasures of the British Museum. This book places the paintings in their historical context and provides an account of the work of the team of curators, conservators and scientists to examine and conserve the painting fragments before preparing them for display in a new, permanent exhibition at the British Museum. The British Museum team has identified the materials and techniques that were used by the ancient Egyptian artists, and the numerous interventions that have been undertaken in the past to preserve the paintings. This book was published in association with the British Museum."--Publisher's website.

Subject

• Nebamun > Tomb
• Nebamun
• Nebamun ca. v1350
• Nebamun (Beamter, ca. 1350 v. Chr.)
• British Museum
• Mural painting and decoration, Ancient > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
• Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
• Mural painting and decoration, Ancient > Conservation and restoration > England > London
• Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian > Conservation and restoration > England > London
• Mural painting and decoration, Ancient
• Mural painting and decoration, Ancient > Conservation and restoration
• Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian
• Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian > Conservation and restoration
• Tombs
• Konservierung
• Wandmalerei
• Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian > Egypt > Thebes
• Mural painting and decoration, Ancient > Egypt > Thebes
• peinture > restauration (remise en état) > Antiquité
• peinture égyptienne antique > restauration (remise en état)
• Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
• England > London
• Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) > Antiquities

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Andrew Middleton and Ken Uprichard -- The history of the nebamun wall paintings: an archival investigation / Patricia Usick and Richard Parkinson -- Arriccio to intonaco / Andrew Middleton -- Plant remains from the mud plaster / Caroline Cartwright -- Pigments / Janet Ambers -- The use and distribution of Egyptian blue: a study by visible-induced luminescence imaging / Giovanni Verri -- Paint media and varnishes / Rebecca Stacey -- Painterly technique / Eric Miller -- Analysis of materials used in previous conservation treatments / James Parker -- Conservation of the paintings / Eric Miller -- Remounting the paintings for display / Karen Birkhölzer -- Appendixes: 1. Images of each of the nebamun paintings showing the distribution of sampling positions for pigment analysis -- 2. Locations of sampling points for previous conservation materials and for ancient paint media and varnishes.

ISBN

• 9781904982142
• 190498214X

LCCN

2009396617

OCLC

• ocn258068537
• 258068537
• SCSB-1515581

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library