Akhenaten; Amarna; sculptor Thutmose; Ancient Egyptian Art; 3D analysis; colored 3D
Abstract :
[en] Purchased in 1905 by G. Bénédite from the Antiquity market, the unprovenanced limestone bust of Akhenaten now kept in the Louvre Museum (under the inventory number E 11076) is world-famous but, in the end, rather poorly studied.
In the context of an international research project entitled RetroColor 3D (funded by the Région Nouvelle Aquitaine, France, and the University of Bordeaux Montaigne, at Archeovision - UMS 3657 of the CNRS), this exceptional piece of sculpture was investigated anew with the help of 3D reconstruction as a methodological tool. Reporting on this transdisciplinary analysis, the paper will explain how this led to a better understanding of the bust’s original function in the creation of royal portraiture during the so-called Amarna period.
Research center :
UMS 3657 du CNRS - Archéovision
Disciplines :
Art & art history Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Laboury, Dimitri ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie égyptienne
Mulliez, Maud; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS > UMS 3657 > Archeovision
Language :
English
Title :
3D investigation into the bust of Akhenaten in the Louvre Museum
Alternative titles :
[fr] Étude 3D du buste d'Akhénaton du Musée du Louvre
Publication date :
22 April 2017
Event name :
ARCE 2017 Annual Meeting
Event organizer :
American Research Center in Egypt
Event place :
Kansas City, United States
Event date :
21 au 23 avril 2017
Audience :
International
Name of the research project :
RetroColor 3D
Funders :
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine [FR] Université Bordeaux-Montaigne [FR]
