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The Treasures of Coptic Art: in the Coptic Museum and Churches of Old Cairo Hardcover – February 22, 2007

by Gawdat Gabra (Author), Marianne Eaton-Krauss (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press; 1 edition (February 28, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 977424933X
  • ISBN-13: 978-9774249334
  • Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 1.2 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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5.0 out of 5 starsouotstanding overview of Coptic art with historical and cultural background
By Henry Berry on June 24, 2007
The most important museum in the world for Coptic antiquities, Egypt's Coptic Museum founded in Old Cairo in 1908 houses icons, stone pillars, textiles, incense burners, Bible containers, wall paintings, papyri, wooden altar screens, crosses, and church chandeliers, among other objects. Many of these are made from ivory and bone; and others from local and imported stone, paints, wood, fabrics, and other materials for religious, artistic, and cultural items of their period. A few surviving Coptic churches are also pictured to bring in to a limited degree Coptic architecture.

Over 130 of the assorted antiquities are pictured in clear color photographs of various scales, including many full page, allowing for appreciation and study of their details. For example, smaller pieces of jewelry are pictured close-up so that their carvings of figures and details of their features and clothing stand out. Parts of some textiles have close-ups where not only the woven figures and patterns can be viewed discretely, but their weaving is apparent. Text goes beyond just identifying the varied objects to treat theological inferences and implications as well as artistic and historical points of note. One image of Christ from about the seventh century "employs various devices" to render him "more approachable." Chief among these is the "halo around his head" calling to mind his particular holiness as a living person "[r]ather than representing him in a mandorla [a large oval halo frequenting enclosing a figure, from the Glossary], which would indicate his existence beyond time and space."

The work of coffee-table size, quality, and style offers a particularly handsome as well as a comprehensive portrayal of this distinctive, long-lasting religious art which reflects the pagan, Romanistic, and Middle Eastern cultures of its beginnings over two thousand years ago. Gabra is a former director of the Coptic Museum; Eaton-Krauss, a specialist in Egyptian art and archaeology.
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5.0 out of 5 starsClassic, and worth owning to those who are interested ...
By kameel on September 1, 2014
Classic, and worth owning to those who are interested as myself in Coptic history.
The coptic art is an extension of the old Egyptian and Hellenistic art mingled with Byzantine influence.
Or it may be considered the origin of the Byzantine era.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful Artwork
By Agrippa's Epiphany on November 30, 2012
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This book was given as a gift; however, I thumbed through it before sharing it, and the artwork is lovely showing the diversity of the early Christian church.
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