L'Art des ostraca en Egypte ancienne. Morceaux choisis. Architecture – Paysage Islamic countries

Islamic countries

Du droit de vote et de ses enjeux aux débuts de la République romaine (495-300 av

Part II: the deposits and the groups

volume LXX

Auguste Boppe and Olivier Taigny

L'Art des ostraca en Egypte ancienne. Morceaux choisis. Architecture – Paysage Islamic countriesThe Egyptian collection of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels houses numerous illustrated ostraca from the New Kingdom (circa 1580 1100 BC). These are shards of limestone or pottery, on which the artists commissioned to decorate the tombs of the Valley of the Kings created numerous small masterpieces, often displaying intense creativity. The art of the ostraca admirably illustrates the sense of observation, humor, and imagination of