ERIC Number: EJ1293716
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 7
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Excavate the Fayum Mummy Portraits and Bury Ancient Egyptian Stereotypes
Art Education, v74 n3 p14-20 2021
The Fayum mummy portraits from ancient Greco-Roman Egypt are exceptional in that they are the only surviving classical (ancient Greek and Roman) panel paintings from antiquity and are antecedents of Byzantine icons. Moreover, they hold important implications for art educators regarding multicultural education. They spotlight an exemplary pathway toward breaking free of ancient Egyptian stereotypes found in the most commonly used attempts to integrate multicultural content into curriculum. This article describes Fayum mummy portraits, and why they are important in a multicultural art curriculum.
Descriptors: Portraiture, Foreign Countries, Painting (Visual Arts), Art Education, Multicultural Education, Stereotypes, Art History
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Egypt
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