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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Ancient Greek painters, Minoan frescos, Eirene, Polygnotus, Echion, Fayum mummy portraits, Apelles, Apollodorus, Tomb of Aline, Alexander Mosaic, Tomb of the Diver, Agatharchus, Painter of Nicosia Olpe, Pitsa panels, Zeuxis, Protogenes, Prince of the Lilies, Bull-Leaping Fresco, Evenor, Androcydes, Aglaophon, Parrhasius, Anaxandra, Antiphilus, La Parisienne, Pinacotheca, Gnosis, Polyeidos, Nicomachus of Thebes, Pamphilus, Cimon of Cleonae, Philoxenus of Eretria, Pausias, Athenion of Maroneia, Aristides of Thebes, Euphranor, Metrodorus of Athens, Timarete, Alcisthene, Timanthes, Cydias, Heraclides, Galaton, Antidotus, Artemon, Timomachus, Aristolaos, Aristophon, Panaenus, Theon of Samos, Calliades, Melanthius, Micon, Thales, Eupompus, Asclepiodorus, Zeuxippus of Heraclea. Excerpt: Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits (also Faiyum mummy portraits) is the modern term given to a type of realistic painted portraits on wooden boards attached to mummies from the Coptic period. They belong to the tradition of panel painting, one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the Classical world. In fact, the Fayum portraits are the only large body of art from that tradition to have survived. Mummy portraits have been found across Egypt, but are most common in the Faiyum Basin, particularly from Hawara and Antinoopolis, hence the common name. "Faiyum Portraits" is generally thought of as a stylistic, rather than a geographic, description. While painted Cartonnage mummy cases date back to pharaonic times, the Faiyum mummy portraits were an innovation dating to the Coptic period on time of the Roman occupation of Egypt. They date to the Roman period, from the late 1st century BC or the early 1st century AD onwards. It is not clear when their production ended, but recent research suggests the middle of the 3rd century. They ar...
