Egyptology Meets Digital Technology for Experimental Lighting Display Lasting Eight Weekends at Met Museum's Temple of Dendur Our Coverage Sponsored by Maine Woolens
An experimental lighting display, Color the Temple: Scene 1, at The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum. Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Filip Wolak
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Colors that likely decorated an ancient Egyptian temple when it was built 2,000 years ago, but have since eroded away, can be seen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art this winter. To be shown for a series of eight weekends beginning January 29, the experimental lighting display Color the Temple: Scene 1 combines the scholarly knowledge of specialists in the Egyptian Art Department with the technological expertise of staff in the MediaLab at the Met. The colors that were probably used in antiquity will be projected onto a ritual scene carved into the sandstone of the beloved Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing, providing visitors with a new perspective on ancient art.
In the scene, the Roman emperor Augustus, depicted as a pharaoh, makes an offering to Egyptian deities. Constructed in around 15 B.C., the Temple's external walls have retained no original color.
When: Friday and Saturday evenings (January 29, 30, February 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, and March 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19) 5:00-9:00 p.m.
Where:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
