SCRIBE QUI DESSINE

of GEORGE Bernard

FRANCE, 2013, 00:52:00

Production : ARTURO MIO, MUSEE DU LOUVRE, ARTE France
Collection : Musée du Louvre
Genre : Documentary
Keyword : History of art

Summary :
"The art of contour" is the source of all representations of ancient Egypt. Whether it is paintings, bas-reliefs, statues, or even architecture, everything is born from the simple line of reed or brush executed by the "scribe of the contours". The writing itself is just a series of drawings, the hieroglyphics. Responding to specific codes, this know-how will remain in place for more than three thousand years. From Saqqara to the Valley of the Kings, up to the teeming European museums collections, the film offers a fascinating journey through the most beautiful works that reveal their trade secrets and the meaning of their cultic, magical and mysterious functions, so important in Egyptian civilization.

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