Ancient Egyptian Sculpture

Important features of great temples and tombs were the large scale sculptures as they were believed to be needed by the dead in the afterlife, having spiritual qualities.

Even though they were made so many years ago, they still impress people of present day.
Egyptians believed that people had a spiritual life force like what most people call a soul but to them it was referred to as Ka. They thought that making stone statues would prove useful in the afterlife as the soul could live in them in case the mummies get damaged and kill the life force.

Sculptures of pharaohs and other important people were done in a formal way and made to make the royalty look godlike.

 

An example of such statue is the Statue of Khafre. Being 4500 years old, its still in good condition as it was aimed to be to keep a life force safe therefore done hollow and carved in a way that they cant get damaged easily.
Typical stance of Egyptian statues is the left foot being forward and clenched hands.

Statues were also a way of showing off their power and status.

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 21 May 2013].

Ancient Egyptian Paintings

Art forms were done by the regularity and detailed portrayal of gods, humans, heroic battles and nature as they were intended to provide comfort to the dead in the afterlife. The ancient Egyptian art was done using different mediums like papyrus drawings  and pictographs and included impressions and 3d sculptures in the wall as a relief in the walls.

 

Colours were used for expression.
Red skin was used to show youth while yellow skin was used for women or middle aged men. Blue or gold identified divinity due to its unnatural appearance and black was used for royal figures as it symbolised the fertility of the nile.
Egyptian paintings are one to show the profile view and side view of the animal or person.

\

Most paintings were done on flat surface, and if the texture was rough they would put a layer of mud covering with a paintable material on top usually having elements of limestone. The minerals they used to paint with were needed to be able to endure sunlight without fading.

The extremely dry climate helped let the paintings survive due to the lack of rain so they wouldn’t have worn away.
The paintings were made for the deceased. Sort of like a “this is what u missed ooonnnn ANCIENT EGYPT”.
They thought that the dead would need the information for the afterlife like how to reach the gods from thereof the afterlife or the underworld.

Not just leaving knowledge but treasures too

 

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 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.