Tuesday 21 May 2013

Ancient Egyptian Art intro



Split into 3 parts being painting, sculpture and architecture.
Being a style of from 5000BC to 300AD they had quite an advanced technique towards art and was very symbolic.
The symbolism was a sense of keeping order. From the pharohs regalia to the symbols of gods and goddesses is universal in Egyptian art.




 

Ancient Egyptian art is found in tombs and monuments that have survived through the years where their drawings is depicted as a language and told tales and myths about the after life, death and preservation of knowledge



Animals were greatly symbolic and can be found in a lot of Egypt related arts.
 

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