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[https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/art-and-life-ancient-egypt?active-tab=description-tab by The Open University] | [https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/art-and-life-ancient-egypt?active-tab=description-tab by The Open University] | ||
Around 1350 BC, the Egyptian grain accountant Nebamun commissioned the walls of his tomb-chapel to be painted with scenes depicting his afterlife, and the world in which he lived. Nebamun worked in the temple of Amun at Karnak during the reign of Amenhotep III (c. 1390-1352 BC). Amenhotep was one of the most important kings of the 18th Dynasty, one of the high points of Egyptian wealth, but his reign preceded a period of dramatic upheaval in Egyptian society. In 1820 eleven pieces were removed from the walls of the tomb-chapel, location now unknown, and were acquired by the British Museum, where they are now iconic masterpieces of the collection. | Around 1350 BC, the Egyptian grain accountant Nebamun commissioned the walls of his tomb-chapel to be painted with scenes depicting his afterlife, and the world in which he lived. Nebamun worked in the temple of Amun at Karnak during the reign of Amenhotep III (c. 1390-1352 BC). Amenhotep was one of the most important kings of the 18th Dynasty, one of the high points of Egyptian wealth, but his reign preceded a period of dramatic upheaval in Egyptian society. In 1820 eleven pieces were removed from the walls of the tomb-chapel, location now unknown, and were acquired by the British Museum, where they are now iconic masterpieces of the collection. | ||
=====May Morris, Egypt, and Coptic Textiles===== | |||
[https://academic.oup.com/arthistory/article/47/1/98/7696563 by Thomas Cooper 20/6/24 OXFORD ACADEMIC] | |||
In the late-nineteenth century, vast quantities of Coptic textiles were brought to light through archaeological activity in Egypt and distributed among international collections. Produced between the third and seventh centuries CE, these remarkably preserved ancient objects became prized by textile scholars, including the artist, writer and teacher of the Arts and Crafts Movement, May Morris (1862–1938). | |||
