Dimensions of original: 68 x 60 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Early Nineteenth Dynasty, about 13OO B.C.Technical details: Very finely painted on a smooth ground of white plaster applied to a good limestone surface.Technique: Tempera on paper
Dimensions of original: 75 x 63 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Reign of Amenophis II, Dyn. XVIII, 1448-1420 B.C.Technical details: Painted on a grey-blue background over white plaster laid on a mixture of mud and straw. The hieroglyphs have never received their final outlines, and the black parts have been entirely omitted.Technique: Tempera on paper
Original art created in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for ARTV 200 Foundations of Design and Color in Spring 2011 at The American University in Cairo.
"First published in 1844 and 1846The Englishwoman in Egypt is the collected observations of Sophia Poolewho lived in Cairo from 1842 until 1849 with her brotherthe well known Orientalist Edward Laneand her two children. During her residencePoole learned Arabic and adopted Egyptian clothing that enabled her not only to observe day-to-day life in the streets and markets but also to enter hammams and harems and interact on an intimate level with Egyptian women of different classes. Poole ultimately had accessin factto the highest levels of societyincluding the family of the viceroyMohamed 'Ali Pashaand recorded her experiences there with the same eye for detail and understanding of underlying customs as she brought to bear in the marketplace. She moves effortlessly from situation to situation - the pasha's daughter smoking her jewel-encrusted pipethe homesick slave-girlthe occupation of ladies of leisure - one scene after another is unfolded in her writing that reveals not only a mind that observes and records but a human being who attempts to feel and understand a different culture.\r\nIn contrast to her brother's dense works of researchSophia Poole's was cast in the form of letters to a friend. These letters cover her arrival in Alexandria and trip up the Nile to Cairoas well as her life in Cairowith its visits to surrounding villages. The Englishwoman in Egypt is at once entertaining and informative. If Edward Lane kept alive for posterity a post-medieval Cairo that has since disappearedthen his sister in her work no doubt complemented that great achievement by presenting the same world from a feminine perspective that he as a man could not have access to.\r\nhttps://books.google.com.eg/books/about/The_English_Woman_in_Egypt_Letters_from.html?id=QlV61JkFoWQC&redir_esc=y"
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example. It is added by applying gold powder or a thin sheet of gold (Gold Leaf) to a cover, board or pages.\r\nGilting is not only for decorative reasons it also serves a purpose. When applied with glue, gilt helps to protect the page edges from moisture, browning, and dust. Gold paint can also be applied but may scuff or chip.\r\n
Architectural detail: bas-reliefs (sculpture)Reliefs of Cleopatra and her son Caesarion carved into the wall of the Temple of Hathor at the Dendera Temple Complex.
Dimensions of original: 79 x 37 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Reign of Amenophis III, Dyn. XVIII, 14n-1375 B.C.Technical details: The rock being of poor quality was first covered by fine buff plaster to fill in the inequalities.Technique: Tempera on paper
Architectural detail: colonnades; columns (architectural elements)Great Court of Ramses II at the Temple of Luxor; Abu Haggag Mosque and obelisk in front of the pylon is visible.
Dimensions of original: 43 x 95 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Reign of Sethos I, Dyn. XIX, 1313-1292 B.C.Technical details: Painted upon a thin wash of white upon a mud and straw coating; the rock below is badly disintegrated. Small portions of the faces of Userhet and of the goddess have been restored. The lines for the hieroglyphic inscription have been ruled, but the hieroglyphs have not been added. The bird\xad like souls above the two women are unfinished.Technique: Tempera on paper
Dimensions of original: 160 x 24 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Reign of Snofru, Dyn. N, about 2700 B.C.Technical details: Painted on a very thin layer of fine plaster over a coarser coating of the same mixed with straw and applied to the brick walls. The surface was covered, except where the birds occur, with a wash of blue-grey serving as a background.Technique: Tempera on paper
Dimensions of original: 45 x 89 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Reign of Sethos I, Dyn. XIX, 1313-1292 B.C.Technical details: Painted upon a thin wash of white upon a mud and straw coating; the rock below is badly disintegrated. Small portions of the faces of Userhet and of the goddess have been restored. The lines for the hieroglyphic inscription have been ruled, but the hieroglyphs have not been added. The bird\xad like souls above the two women are unfinished.Technique: Tempera on paper
Dimensions of original: 72 x 62 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Reign of Tuthmosis IV or Amenophis III, Dyn. XVIII, \r\n1420-1375 B.C. \r\nTechnical details: Painted on white plaster above an underlay of mud and straw.Technique: Tempera on paper
This manuscript includes the great Anaphora, or prayer of consecration. The holy gifts of bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ and are shared by the people. In no other Christian tradition is the matter expressed more starkly than with the Orthodox Coptic Church.
Dimensions of original: 166 x 79 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Last years of Amenophis III, Dyn. XVIII; he reigned 1411-1375 B.C.Technical details: Painted on a thin layer of white plaster over limestone walls. The faults in the stone are filled in with thicker plaster to yield an even surface.Technique: Tempera on paper
Dimensions of original: 166 x 79 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Last years of Amenophis III, Dyn. XVIII; he reigned 1411-1375 B.C.Technical details: Painted on a thin layer of white plaster over limestone walls. The faults in the stone are filled in with thicker plaster to yield an even surface.Technique: Tempera on paper
Dimensions of original: 166 x 79 cmDimensions of print: 60 x 48 cmink on paper (photomechanical lithograph) with hand-applied color (pochoir)Style period: Last years of Amenophis III, Dyn. XVIII; he reigned 1411-1375 B.C.Technical details: Painted on a thin layer of white plaster over limestone walls. The faults in the stone are filled in with thicker plaster to yield an even surface.Technique: Tempera on paper
Architectural detail: columns (architectural elements)Lotus columns at the Karnak Temple Complex. Girls carrying jugs of water on their heads are visible in the foreground.