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Antonio Beato — Temple of Dendera
Antonio Beato

Temple of Dendera

1870

Sharp architectural details captured through early photographic technology preserve the temple's Ptolemaic reliefs and columns, contributing to 19th-century Europe's growing fascination with Egyptology.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Antonio Beato, Temple of Dendera, 1870

Sharp architectural details captured through early photographic technology preserve the temple's Ptolemaic reliefs and columns, contributing to 19th-century Europe's growing fascination with Egyptology.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1870
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Photography, Albumen Print, Sepia Tone, British, Architecture, Egyptian

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago