Egyptian Art
Egyptian Art started
around 5 thousand years ago. Art
developed in Egypt from 3000BC until the 3rd Century. In Egypt they used to have
hieroglyphs that were symbols engraved, such as are seen in the picture on the
right. Their painting had the bodies of the people looking forward while their
faces would be looking right or left-from profile in which in reality is almost
impossible to do.
Egyptian
art was for purposes and it played a significant part on the gods and the dead
people.
This image above shows a painting that the Egyptians did and it has some characteristics that only the Egyptians do such as the people from the profile but their bodies facing us. They used several colours for their paintings suc as yellow, blue, orange, green, brown, black and white.
Egyptian art includes: paintings, sculptures and architecture. Also the culture, the characteristics and the development included in the Egyptian Art. The painting was really symbolic, even the sculptures. They used to make a lot of symbolisms such as the Pharaoh's Regalia that was symbolized to his power to maintain order.
The colours tat they used were more expressive than natural, for example the red skin was referred to the youngsters while yellow skin was used for women or middle-aged men who worked indoors and the blue or gold indicated divinity because it was unnatural in the appearance.
Egyptian art includes: paintings, sculptures and architecture. Also the culture, the characteristics and the development included in the Egyptian Art. The painting was really symbolic, even the sculptures. They used to make a lot of symbolisms such as the Pharaoh's Regalia that was symbolized to his power to maintain order.
The colours tat they used were more expressive than natural, for example the red skin was referred to the youngsters while yellow skin was used for women or middle-aged men who worked indoors and the blue or gold indicated divinity because it was unnatural in the appearance.
Egyptian art fors are characterized by depiction of gods, humans, heroic battles and nature. The Egyptians preserved everything from the past. The Egyptians were consistent in representing the gods, pharaoh's, man and nature for thousands of years.
Bibliography:
Art of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Art of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_ancient_Egypt. [Accessed 20 May 2013].
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