Alice Stevenson est une artiste et éducatrice basée à Londres, dont le travail explore et visualise des idées et des récits à travers un traitement ludique de la couleur, de la texture et de la composition. Sa pratique se caractérise par une approche distinctive de l'illustration, qui a été reconnue par un large éventail de clients internationaux. Elle excelle particulièrement dans l'interprétation visuelle d'œuvres littéraires, apportant une dimension unique aux textes à travers sa lentille artistique. Son art célèbre la narration et l'imagination visuelle.
Driven by curiosity, restlessness and a desire to better understand her own country, artist Alice Stevenson spent two years exploring and drawing Great Britain. The result is a book celebrating detail, of landscape and architecture, and creativity, an essential human urge.
An inspiring collection of walks, notes and artworks, revealing London's multiple layers and different moods.
"This booklet provides an introduction to one prehistoric Egyptian cemetery excavated in the early 20th century. The Predynastic is, to many people, one of the more unfamiliar periods in ancient Egyptian history and this short overview aims to introduce some elements of the burial practices of the Predynastic. Whilst this period can be characterised by certain common themes it is also clear that there were regional trends. By looking at a single site it is possible to begin to appreciate local diversity and this can add richness to our perception of the period which may otherwise be lost in broader accounts. Such variability can be seen in the different burial forms, body treatments and materials that were invested in the graves at the site of el-Gerzeh." "Much of the material upon which this book is based derives from the unpublished notes made by the excavator of the site. Although not intended as a comprehensive supplement to the limited site publication, it is still hoped that this booklet will add greater depth to the original account."--Jacket
Artistic interventions are seen as delivering new perspectives on museum displays. Drawing on interventions in displays at the British Museum in London, the Egyptian Museum in Turin and the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, Alice Stevenson suggests a way forward for creative dialogue between contemporary artists and Egyptologists.
Between the 1880s and 1980s, British excavations at locations across Egypt resulted in the discovery of hundreds of thousands of ancient objects that were subsequently sent to some 350 institutions worldwide. These finds included unique discoveries at iconic sites such as the tombs of ancient Egypt’s first rulers at Abydos, Akhenaten, and Nefertiti’s city of Tell el-Amarna and rich Roman Era burials in the Fayum. This book explores the politics, personalities, and social histories that linked fieldwork in Egypt with the varied organizations around the world that received finds. Case studies range from Victorian municipal museums and women’s suffrage campaigns in the United Kingdom to the development of some of the United States’s largest institutions, and from university museums in Japan to new institutions in post-independence Ghana. By juxtaposing a diversity of sites for the reception of Egyptian cultural heritage over the period of a century, this book presents new ideas about the development of archaeology, museums and the construction of Egyptian heritage. It also addresses the legacy of these practices, raises questions about the nature of the authority over such heritage today and argues for a stronger ethical commitment to its stewardship.
This Element addresses the cultural production of ancient Egypt in the museum as a mixture of multiple pasts and presents that cohere around collections; their artefacts, documentation, storage, research, and display.