Date: Saturday, December 03, 2011, 3:30pm

Chapter: Pennsylvania

Presenter: Dr. Betsy Bryan, Johns Hopkins University

Location: Classroom 2, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Lectures are FREE to ARCE-PA members, $3 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members, and $5 for the general public.

Description: Although painting has been the focus of much research, relatively little has addressed the processes involved. Several ostraca from the Theban Necropolis dating to the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty contain a number of terms relating to building and decorating tombs and temples. To these may be added additional Eighteenth Dynasty vocabulary for pigments, materials, and artisans. In this talk I will explore the methods of painting, the terminology for the procedures and materials of tomb painting in the Eighteenth Dynasty, and the cultural valence of the vocabulary associated with painting.