Egyptomania: eternal fascination for Egypt
Using photographic documents gleaned from around the world, Jean-Marcel Humbert gives the keys to decipher this new «mystery of the Pharaohs».
Venerdì 15 novembre 2019, 18:30Passato
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Tutankhamun, Nefertiti, Cleopatra: names that fascinate. But the art of ancient Egypt is also a dream, to the point that everyone wants to appropriate it by copying and reinterpreting it. This Egyptomania touches many fields of art, but also cinema, comics and advertising. Using photographic documents gleaned from around the world, Jean-Marcel Humbert gives the keys to decipher this new «mystery of the Pharaohs».
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> Jean-Marcel Humbert
Egyptologist and art historian, honorary general curator of heritage.
Moderation: Martine Détrie Perrier, President of the Papyrus association in Lille