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    Ancient Egyptian art developed along the Nile River more than 3000 B.C. and was heavily influenced by religion and beliefs about the afterlife. Key characteristics include representations rather than exact replications, adherence to strict artistic conventions like frontalism, and themes depicting religious and everyday life. Major art forms included hieroglyphics, painting, sculpture, architecture like pyramids and temples, and pottery, with materials ranging from stone to wood to clay. Art served religious and commemorative functions and changed little over millennia to preserve cultural stability.

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    Ancient Egyptian art developed along the Nile River more than 3000 B.C. and was heavily influenced by religion and beliefs about the afterlife. Key characteristics include representations rather than exact replications, adherence to strict artistic conventions like frontalism, and themes depicting religious and everyday life. Major art forms included hieroglyphics, painting, sculpture, architecture like pyramids and temples, and pottery, with materials ranging from stone to wood to clay. Art served religious and commemorative functions and changed little over millennia to preserve cultural stability.

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    Ancient Egyptian art developed along the Nile River more than 3000 B.C. and was heavily influenced by religion and beliefs about the afterlife. Key characteristics include representations rather than exact replications, adherence to strict artistic conventions like frontalism, and themes depicting religious and everyday life. Major art forms included hieroglyphics, painting, sculpture, architecture like pyramids and temples, and pottery, with materials ranging from stone to wood to clay. Art served religious and commemorative functions and changed little over millennia to preserve cultural stability.

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    EGYPTIAN ART

    Cultural Snippet
    Egyptian culture developed along the
    banks of the Nile river more than
    3000 B.C.
    Religion influenced every part of
    Egyptian life.
    Pharaohs or Egyptian rulers were
    worshiped as gods and pyramids
    were built as tombs.
    Egyptians believed in life after
    death and preserved bodies using
    mumification.

    Hieroglyphics & Painting


    Sculpture & Architecture
    Pottery
    Jewelry

    Characteristics of Ancient Egyptian Art


    heavily influenced by everyday life, especially religion and life after death
    not focused on exact replication, just representations
    all art looked similar to preserve a sense of stability amongst the people
    The Egyptians strictly upheld the style of frontalism, adhering carefully to stylistic rules
    the subject's head is always drawn in profile with the full eye shown
    The upper body is depicted from the front and the legs face in the same direction as the
    head with one foot in front of the other
    The person in the picture sits or stands stiff and rigid in a formal posture, but the face is
    calm and usually slightly tilted toward the sky.

    Stele of Nefertiabet
    From Giza
    c. 2590 BC (4th Dynasty)
    Painted limestone
    H 37.5 m; W 52.5 m

    Hieroglyphics and Painting


    Besides pyramids and sphinxes,
    the Egyptians are known for
    hieroglyphics, or a form of
    picture writing.
    Hieroglyphics use small
    pictures which represent
    different words, actions, or
    ideas.
    Many ancient Egyptian
    paintings have survived due to
    Egypt's extremely dry climate.
    The paintings were often made
    with the intent of making a
    pleasant afterlife for the
    deceased. The themes included

    Wall painting of Nefertari

    Egypt West Bank Tombs

    Ancient Egyptian Architecture


    Scant tree growth prevented the extensive use of wood as a building material.
    Both sun-dried and kiln-dried bricks were used extensively. Fine sandstone, limestone, and granite
    were available for obelisks, sculpture, and decorative uses.

    All dwelling houses, built of timber or of sun-baked bricks, have disappeared


    Only temples and tombs have survived. Their walls were immensely thick and built using durable
    materials like stone
    The belief in existence beyond death (reincarnation) resulted in existing architecture of utmost
    impressiveness and permanence.
    Even during periods of foreign rule, Egyptian architecture clung to its native characteristics, adopting
    almost no elements or influence from other cultures.

    Egypt, El Giza, Great Pyramid also known as "Pyramid of Cheops" or


    "Khufu's Pyramid" 2600-2480 BCE, The base of the pyramid covers
    about 13 acres. To build the Great Pyramid it took an about
    2,300,000 dressed stone blocks (averaging 2.5 tons each) -- more
    than any other structure ever built. The blocks were moved on log
    rollers and sledges, and then ramped into place.

    Photo, overview of the Sphinx

    The Sphinx is another example of a Pharaoh (Khafre)


    demonstrating his power.
    The massive size and the head of Pharaoh Khafre on the
    body of a lion was intended to demonstrate the power of the
    pharaoh.
    Carved from stone at the site and stands at 65 feet tall.

    Pharaoh Khafre, c. 2600 B.C.


    Diorite. 66 inches tall.

    Ancient Egyptian Sculpture

    Sculpture In the Round


    Statues in the round usually depicted the gods, Pharaohs, or
    civic officials, and were composed with special reference to
    the maintenance of straight lines
    Of the materials used by the Egyptian, stone was the most
    plentiful and permanent
    Sculpture was often painted in vivid hues as well
    Cubic and frontal- echoes in its form the shape of the
    stone cube or block from which it was fashioned,
    The front of almost every statue is the most important part
    and the figure sits or stands facing strictly to the front

    Bust of Nefertiti

    Seated Man

    Seated Scribe

    Sebek em hat

    The Large Sphinx


    Found at Tanis
    Pink granite

    Relief Sculpture

    Virtually all the wall-sculptures of the Ancient Egyptian Empire are in the form of bas-relief (low-relief)

    Relief-composition merely meant arranging the figures in horizontal lines so as to record an event or represent an
    action.

    The principal figures were distinguished from others by their size - gods were shown larger than men, kings larger
    than their followers, and the dead larger than the living.

    Ancient Egyptian Pottery


    Pottery was used by the ancient Egyptians in much the same way we use modern kitchen
    containers or plastic,
    Two distinct Types
    Nile silt ware - Nile clay. After being fired, it has a red-brown color. This type of pottery was used
    for common, utilitarian purposes, though at times it might have been decorated or painted. Blue
    painted pottery was somewhat common during the New Kingdom (1,550-1,069 BC).
    Marl Clay made from material found around Qena in Upper Egypt. This type of pottery was
    usually thought superior to the common Nile mud pottery, and so it was often used for decorative
    and other functions.

    Ancient
    Egyptian
    Funerary Masks
    & Coffins and
    Jewelry

    Egyptian, Burial Mask of King


    Tutankhamen, gold and inlaid
    stones, Cairo Museum, Egypt.

    Canopic Jars

    The ancient Egyptians placed great importance on the religious significance of certain
    sacred objects, which was heavily reflected in their jewelry motifs

    Tutanhkamun pendant

    Tutanhkamun lapis scarab

    19th Dynasty inlaid


    diadem, or wig

    Video Presentation: :

    Ancient Egyptian Style of Art - Why it remained unchanged


    for over 3000 years.

    Found out more on Ancient Egyptian Art using


    these links:
    Art of Egypt
    The British Museum Ancient Egyptian Exhibition
    Ancient Egyptian Civilization

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