Sacred and Profane Treasures of Ancient Egypt from the Myers Collection, Eton College and University of Birmingham
Martin Bommas, Eurydice Georganteli, Maria Michela Luiselli and Michael Sharp
Published by GILES in association with the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
Release Date — September 2010 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 128 pages, 270 x 205 mm (8 x 10½ in.), portrait
Illustrations — 125 colour and 8 b & w illustrations
Hardback price — UK£24.95 / US$40.00
ISBN — 1-904832-80-6
ISBN — 978-1-904832-80-5
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Press Release — Sacred and Profane: dazzling new exhibition at...
Press Release — Treasures of Ancient Egypt
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A rare opportunity to see highlights of one of the most impressive private collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world
Will appeal both to academics and art historians, as well as general public
Ties in with a temporary exhibition at the Barber Institute where the Collection will be on loan for 15 years
About the Book
Published on the opening of a dazzling exhibition at the Barber Institute, this volume displays a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian artifacts from the rarely-seen Myers Collection. Sacred and Profane: Treasures of Ancient Egypt from the Myers Collection highlights over 80 objects, tracing two and a half millennia of life and death in ancient Egypt. The Myers Collection of Egyptian Art at Eton College is widely-regarded as one of the most important, yet little-known, collections of small Egyptian artefacts in the world. The cache of about 3,000 statuettes of mortals and gods, mummy masks, jewellery and cosmetics, pottery, papyri and children’s toys has been until now under-researched and unseen. This new volume contributes significantly to the wider scholarship and understanding of this stunning private collection in particular and Egyptian art in general.
The volume features five essays on collecting antiquities in the 19th and early 20th centuries, on personal approaches to the sacred in Egyptian art, on travels to the beyond in ancient Egypt, on writing in ancient Egypt and on art and the economy in Egypt from Alexander to the Arab Conquest.
Presenting over 100 colour plates, 80 from the Myers Collection and over 20 of coins and other comparative material, the volume also contains a bibliography and an index
Sacred and Profane: Treasures of Ancient Egypt is showing at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, 18 June 2010–18 January 2012
