Wandering in the Department of Egyptian and Oriental Antiquities [EN - FR]

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Hello dear Hive members, I hope your weekend is going well and as you expect ! Today I'm taking you window shopping, but not in one of those big fashion shops which are not my cup of tea anyway, but in a place where what there is to see is much more interesting ! I'm talking of course about the Louvre museum :)

Yep, @delishtreats, we went back ^^ !

We probably like crowds or are a bit masochistic, but neither of these two propositions is true ! The real reason is that my partner received a duo card as a gift, so for a year we can enter as many times as we like in this museum which, although too crowded, is still fascinating for the quantity, quality and diversity of the objects found there, not to mention the different eras covered !

After noticing that most of the tourists present don't give a damn about history and only come for the classic tour: Venus de Milo -> Victory of Samothrace -> Mona Lisa. I'm caricaturing a bit but it's very close to the truth... Starting from this observation, we noticed that apart from these visitor highways and overcrowded spots, there were an infinite number of corners where almost nobody went.

So this is our new strategy: go and see what almost no one else is going to see...


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So today we're going to take a look at the Eastern pre-classical period. We will say that we are between 2000 and 1500 years BC. That is, in some cases, more than 40 centuries from us ! Just to think that this little figurine representing a cow comes from more than 4000 years ago is simply amazing and I think it's worth the trouble to take a look at it.

Indeed, those of you who read me regularly know that I am not a great promoter of progress without a guideline. I am writing to you via a blockchain, so I am attached to innovation, but progress for the sake of progress and without improvements to our lives, what use would that be ?

I won't answer this question here, but it will surely come in a future article :)

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But let's talk about photography... For the moment, from what I've photographed, nothing is more complicated than taking pictures of windows. It's full of reflections, of light coming from who knows where, and it alters the colors... sometimes significantly. But all this which can look like defects can also bring character to your images (and maybe to mine in some cases ^^).

I'm with my Nikon D5500 camera and a Sigma 17-70mm lens that gives me beautiful distortions when it's open to the maximum... But anyway, I correct that - or not - in Photoshop :)

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I won't describe all the objects I present here, I think your brains will be enough to conjure up interesting images and associations of ideas and if you want the exact reference of one work more than another, I'll be happy to give it to you !

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My partner and I simply loved these little cylinder seals that allowed us to put our signature and mark on a fresh slab of clay. It's so simple and obvious and yet we still use this technique today. Not sure if this is the case for QR codes nowadays ^^ !

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Here, a pair of sculptures of pharaohs that must have inspired Giacometti for his Walking Man...

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Many, if not all, of the pieces here are inspired by or related to the natural world, and we can therefore conclude that people of those times lived in much closer contact with the natural elements than we do. When you take the time to look at the finesse of some of the objects, it totally contradicts the idea that we are superior. We have computers, that's fine, but who among us is capable of designing and building a computer by himself ? Yes, it is more complex. So what ? In the wilderness, it's still less useful than a good knife or a fishing rod.

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Other seals with different techniques. I particularly liked the blue duo !

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Here representations of which we don't really know if they are people around a feast or in a boat... Or both at the same time ^^

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Here we have changed the floor and the era and we are getting closer to the more classical era, in Egypt from now on. This little box in the shape of a turtle, isn't it adorable and so well made ?

We continue to find geometric and animal motifs.

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Here it is a king personified as a bull goring one of his enemies. Probably a symbol and a story of victory...

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We will finish with this object which is perhaps my favorite of this visit. It is the "Gebel el-Arak dagger". An extremely fine knife, the blade is made of flint as you will have noticed and the handle is in a hippopotamus canine. Incredible, isn't it ?

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Voilà, that's all for today !

Please feel free to ask me for references or details on the different artefacts presented here. I hope you have enjoyed this visit and I thank you for reading ! There will be another episode in a while because I really took a lot of pictures and it would have been a bit too much for one article :)

Take care of yourself and your loved ones, I wish you all a great weekend,

<3

@anttn






Bonjour chers membres de Hive, j'espère que votre weekend se passe bien et comme vous le souhaitez ! Aujourd'hui je vous emmène faire du lèche vitrine, mais pas dans un de ces grands magasins qui ne sont pas ma tasse de thé de toute manière, mais dans un lieu où ce qu'il y a à voir est bien plus intéressant ! Je parle bien sûr du musée du Louvre :)

Eh oui, @delishtreats, nous y sommes retournés ^^ !

C'est que nous devons sans doute aimé la foule ou être un peu masochistes, mais au fond, aucune de ces deux propositions n'est vraies ! La véritable raison c'est que ma compagne a reçu une carte duo comme cadeau, ainsi pendant un an, nous pouvons rentrer autant de fois que nous le souhaitons dans ce musée qui bien que trop peuplé, reste passionnant pour la quantité, la qualité et la diversité des objets que l'on y trouve, sans parler même des différentes époques qui sont couvertes !

Après avoir constaté que la plupart des touristes présents se foutent royalement de l'histoire et ne viennent que faire le tour classique : Vénus de Milo -> Victoire de Samothrace -> Joconde. Je caricature un peu mais c'est très proche de la vérité pour autant... Partant de ce constat, nous avons remarqué qu'en dehors de ces autoroutes de visiteurs et des points surpeuplés il y avait une infinité de coins où presque personne n'allait.

Voilà notre nouvelle stratégie : aller voir ce que presque personne ne va voir...


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Aujourd'hui nous allons donc faire un tour à l'époque pré-classique orientale. On va dire que l'on est entre 2000 et 1500 ans avant JC. Soit, dans certains cas, à plus de 40 siècles de nous ! Rien que de se dire que cette petite figurine représentant une vache nous vient d'il y a plus de 4000 ans, c'est tout simplement formidable et je pense que cela vaut le coup que l'on s'y arrête un peu.

En effet, ceux qui me lisent un peu régulièrement savent que je ne suis pas un très grand promoteur du progrès sans ligne directrice. Je vous écris via une blockchain, c'est donc que je suis attaché à l'innovation, mais le progrès pour le progrès et sans améliorations de nos existences, à quoi cela pourrait-il bien servir ?

Je ne répondrai pas à cette question ici, mais cela viendra sûrement dans un prochain article :)

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Mais parlons un peu photographie... Pour le moment, de ce que j'ai photographié, rien n'est plus compliqué que de prendre en image des vitrines. C'est tout pleins de reflets, de rais de lumières qui viennent dont ne sait où et puis cela altère les couleurs... parfois de façon importante. Mais tout cela qui peut s'apparenter à des défauts peuvent aussi apporter du caractères à vos images (et peut-être au miennes dans certains cas ^^).

Je suis avec mon appareil Nikon D5500 et un objectif Sigma 17-70mm qui me fait de magnifiques distorsions quand il est ouvert au maximum... Mais bon, je corrige cela - ou non - dans Photoshop :)

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Je ne vous décrirai pas tous les objets que je présente ici, je pense que vos cerveaux suffiront à vous faire évoquer des images et des associations d'idées intéressantes et si vous voulez en revanche la référence exacte d'une oeuvre plus qu'une autre, sachez que je me ferai un plaisir de vous la transmettre !

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Avec ma compagne nous avons tout simplement adoré ces petits sceaux cylindriques qui permettaient d'apposer sa signature et sa marque sur une plaque d'argile fraîche. C'est tout simple et évident et pourtant on retrouve cette technique jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Pas sûr que cela soit le cas des QR Codes de nos jours ^^ !

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Ici, un duo de sculptures de pharaons qui ont dû inspiré Giacometti pour son Homme qui marche...

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Beaucoup, sinon toutes les pièces qui se trouvent ici, sont inspirées ou liées au monde naturel et on peut donc en conclure que les gens de ces époques vivaient en contact beaucoup plus resserrés que nous avec les éléments naturels. Quand on prends le temps d'observer la finesse de certains objets, cela contredit totalement l'idée que nous serions supérieurs. Nous avons des ordinateurs, très bien, mais qui parmi nous est capables de concevoir et de réaliser un ordinateur seul ? Oui, c'est plus complexe. Et alors ? En pleine nature, cela vous servira toujours moins qu'un bon couteau ou qu'une canne à pêche.

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D'autres sceaux avec des techniques différentes. J'aime particulièrement le duo des bleus !

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Ici des représentations dont on ne sait pas trop s'il s'agit de gens autour d'un festin ou bien dans un bateau... Ou bien les deux à la fois ^^

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Là nous avons changé d'étage et d'époque et nous nous rapprochons de l'époque plus classique, en Égypte dorénavant. Cette petite boîte en forme de tortue, n'est-elle pas adorable et si bien réalisée ?

On continue à retrouver les motifs géométriques et animaliers.

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Là il s'agit d'un roi personnifié en taureau en train d'encorner un de ces ennemis. Symbole et récit d'une victoire probablement...

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Nous terminerons par cet objet qui est peut-être mon préféré de cette visite. Il s'agit du "poignard de Gebel el-Arak". Un couteau d'une extrême finesse, la lame est en silex comme vous l'aurez constaté et le manche est dans une canine d'hippopotame. Incroyable, non ?

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Voilà, c'est tout pour aujourd'hui !

N'hésitez pas à me demander les références ou des détails sur les différents artefacts présentés ici. J'espère que vous aurez apprécié cette visite et je vous remercie de votre lecture ! Il y aura un autre épisode dans quelques temps car j'ai vraiment pris énormément d'images et cela aurait été un peu trop pour un seul article :)

Prenez soin de vous et de vos proches, je vous souhaite un excellent weekend à tous,

<3

@anttn




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Merci ! J'espère que vous avez apprécié votre visite !

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I would have loved this exhibition, I'm sure of it and I'm glad I'm not the only one posting about exhibitions 😁. Excellent work as I know it's not easy, but it seems like you're a master.

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I'm sure of it ! Plus it's in the permanent collection so if you come here, it will be still possible to make a tour :D I also work for exhibition mounting/hanging, and I still love to go in museum on my free time.. or virtually like in your articles.

but it seems like you're a master.

😂 I'm especially a master about picking the right ones haha ! I'm kidding, but it's always a challenge when there is glass or plexiglass..

Have a pleasant weekend @erikah !

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I'm kidding, but it's always a challenge when there is glass or plexiglass..

😭 Tell me about it. It's my biggest enemy.

Nice weekend to you too! (where are my manners ☹️)

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To be quite honest, I think I'd rather have them in front of my lens than clean them up when we have to install them in museums ! It's just awful with the ambient dust that clings to the static electricity 😂

(where are my manners ☹️)

Yep, was a bit shocked too ^^
Take care !

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Yep, was a bit shocked too ^^

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😂 Hahaha !

Already forgotten 😅

I really enjoyed your article about the Fiber and Art exhibition, it made me think of Anni Albers, among other things an upholsterer of the Bauhaus movement who worked a lot with her husband. But maybe you already know :)

Hope the weekend went nicely on your side... and not too fast also !

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I know nothing about Anni Albers, so thanks for mentioning her name, now I'm going to dig up what I can about her, let's see what wonders I can find.

For me it's still weekend as it's the Orthodox Easter, so it's a bank holiday. I had my Easter last week though :)

So how's life in France? Are those protests over? I hope you're not in the danger zone 😳

Stay safe and have a nice week.

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Oh that's nice ! Happy Orthodox Easter so :)

Here it's still messy and I don't think things will get better for a long time ! Our "president" was elected to stop the far right, but he behaves as if 75% of the people really support him. So I think the 4 years between now and the 2027 election are going to be busy and hard ^^

But for me and my loved ones, all is well on the whole and I thank you for your concern 😇 !

Take good care @erikah !

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Thank you :)

I'm glad you and your family are safe, but it's terrible to know what's going on and even worse that there's no way to put an end to it.

Thank you for the nice wishes, I wish you all the best and stay safe :)

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Many thanks again for caring about the situation ! After as I'm a sort of mix between optimism-realism-buddhism and anarchy, I'm neither afraid or pessimist ^^ But well, on an other point of view, this is not normal... in the other, it's maybe the resultant of the the laxity with which the citizens have allowed themselves to be taken over... if they ever had power. But these are other considerations :D

Have good night and day following, see you soon 🌱

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I had a great tour, thanks for that, great photos and as I always say I can't travel there physically but at least virtually thanks to the various authors, Louvre Museum I have already seen some pieces, I can imagine how exciting to do it in person.

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This is the best reward for me if you enjoyed this visit !

Many thanks, I hope you had a good weekend 😇 !

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I enjoyed every piece of this wonderful article!
The red-black cups are like my own work in the bronce age technic.
http://superschaman.de/teeschalen.html

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Oh, amazing! I had always wondered about this smooth and satin finish... My partner happens to be a ceramist and I'm sure she will appreciate your creations as much as I do.

Thanks a lot :)

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Cool tour! Do you make your cylinders by yourselves? Would love to try out that technique :)
Blessings

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😊

Do you make your cylinders by yourselves?

No, not yet but I would love to try some in ceramics !!

Thanks for visiting, I wish you to have a good day ✌️

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Looking forward to see how that goes! I might have to learn that skill first then ;)
Have a great day yourself!

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