Séminaire : « Immortal Egypt. The Afterlife of Egypt in Early Modern Visual Art », Londres, Warburg Institute, 2-3 mars 2023 / Rome, Bibliotheca Hertziana, 13-14 avril 2023 / Paris, INHA, 1er-2 juin 2023
In ancient Egypt, Ba was the name given to an immaterial manifestation of a mummified human which flew away after death but always returned, bringing light and nourishment. Like the Ba, the ghost of ancient Egypt haunts the collective memory in an eternal return and by reflecting itself in the changing mirror of history. Immortal Egypt is a series of international workshops devoted to the way artists looked at the land of the pharaohs –...