Egyptian Art (Art)

Introduction, Paintings & Reliefs

Egyptian art is mostly known for their magnificent and astonishing masterpieces, and also for their original artistic conventions. During the Egyptian Era there was close connection between society. The Egyptian period was the longest civilization in the world, the beginning of this period was 5500 BC and a found source from this period dates back to the 4500 BC. Some works of art shows that Egyptians believed in life after death. A very impressive fact is that after these thousands of years many works of art are still in good condition and could be recognized. Egyptians believed in many different gods who were believed to have universal powers and as a proof of these gods there was found statues and artistic works which represent the gods. Egyptians were the first and the inventors of science, math and medical skills, as they were a great hep of our learning. Egyptian art/ culture was a huge influence of our modern world. 

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer

Egyptians art mostly includes people painted or sculptured in reliefs, which are done in an “unrealistic” and exaggerated way because they aren’t proportioned and in an impossible position. They wanted to show every part of the body. The hands are always put in way you won’t recognize which one is left or right. Their head is always viewed from one side (left/right) and their eye made in an exaggerated way, so it would be seen as a full eye. This Egyptian style lasted for about 3000 years.

Raised relief (Temple of Karnak, Egypt) 

An unfinished work in Karnak, Egypt wasn’t continued because the sculptor died before it was ready and it gave the opportunity to archaeologists to study how these bodies were proportioned because there were found red lines of plaster which found to be as a grid to help them sculptor or paint in a specific measurements. Each part of the body was measured by these squares of the grid. Another study was made by the archaeologists, concludes that all the other paintings or sculptures were done with this method of grid lines, which includes with their style. 

Bibliography: 

Jaromir Malek, 2003, Egypt 4000 Years of Art, New York, Phaidon Press Limited.

Electrostatic, 2010, The Style of Ancient Egyptian Art, [video online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOUjDIX37o4 [Accessed 15 May 2014]