{"id":810,"date":"2017-05-13T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/akdc\/?p=810"},"modified":"2017-05-13T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T22:20:00","slug":"new-exhibition-red-monastery-church-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/akdc\/2017\/05\/13\/new-exhibition-red-monastery-church-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"New Exhibition: Red Monastery Church Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interior of the Red Monastery Church. Photo: Arnaldo Vescovo, courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt<\/p><\/div>\n

A new Archnet exhibition<\/a> highlights the interior of the Church of Saints Bishai and Bigol in the Sohag Province of Egypt. \u00a0Perhaps better known as the Church of the Red Monastery<\/a> because of the red brick walls used in the construction of the monastery,\u00a0the church was established in the 4th c.\u00a0as a center of the large monastic community \u00a0in Upper Egypt. It is remarkable for the vividly colored\u00a0paintings covering about eighty percent of the\u00a0the interior.<\/p>\n

The photographs in this exhibition show the interior after a decade-long restoration effort of the American Research Center in Egypt<\/a>. The collection also contains\u00a0an introductory essay<\/a> by Elizabeth Bolman, Director of the Restoration project.\u00a0The photographs are\u00a0by\u00a0Arnaldo Vescovo,<\/a>\u00a0known for his archeological and architectural photographs. \u00a0His work has previously been featured in the Archnet exhibition Archeological Tunisia.<\/a><\/p>\n

Also new of Archnet:<\/p>\n

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R to L: Qal’a Sim’an by Yasser Tabbaa, Chihil Sutun by Daniel Waugh, and a modern building from the Isfahan Urban History Project<\/p><\/div>\n