COPTIC ART There is an essential problem with an introduction to any art; that art is something bounded and contained. This is the problem that arises now with an art tradition that has spanned centuries and has been the product of conflict and reinvention. It would be a disservice to just give an account of […]

COPTIC ART Coptic art is the art of the indigenous people of Egypt after the great Pharaonic civilisation. It stretches from the Greco-Roman period to the present day and covers all art forms, whether cultural, artistic or relating to every-day life. Despite Byzantine and Islamic influences, Coptic art attained a standard and an originality which […]