Temple of Bastet

Name: Carrie Hawks
Website: www.Tigerpixie.com
Title of Piece: Temple of Bastet
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size of Piece: 16" x 20"
Inspiration for the piece: I have based this painting on the actual Temple of Bastet at Bubastis. It's not exactly as the description but close and the temple is painting as red granite just like the temple originally was. The Egyptian cat Goddess Bast, or bastet, daughter of Isis and Ra, protector of home and family, moon and sun goddess. The Greek historian Herodotus' description of the goddess' temple at Bubastis is that of "a place of great splendor and beauty, rivaled only by the temples to Ra and Horus." In addition to a huge statues of the goddess Bastet, the shrine contained thousands of cats, which were fed and cared for by innumerable priests and attendants. Prints, notecards, cross stitch patterns, bookmarks and more featuring "Temple of Bastet" are available on my website, Tigerpixie Art Studio, www.Tigerpixie.com