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Egyptian Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Angela Lau January 31, 2006 Advanced Painting Prof. Emily Mason Egyptian Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art It's been awhile since I went to the Met, but I noticed that they had added more artwork in the Egyptian Exhibit. There must've been over 150 artworks featured at the exhibition, but among the highlights of the exhibition were some ritual bowls and chalices of blue and green, a finely carved wood statuette, and a Roman mummy portrait. The exhibition also included several examples of sculpture in wood. One of these, that I found of interest was a statuette of a man preserved from the waist up, is considered a Middle Kingdom masterpiece. Another work on display that caught my eye the most was a small human doll of bound flax with blue beaded hair, which probably served as a symbol of regeneration. This enigmatic Middle Kingdom figure is one of two dolls excavated from the...
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