1. Ancient Egyptian art is the painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts produced by the civilization in the lower Nile Valley from 5000 BCE to 300 AD.
2. Ancient Egyptian art reached a high level in painting and sculpture, and was both highly stylized and symbolic.
3. Much of the surviving art comes from tombs and monuments and thus there is an emphasis on life after death and the preservation of knowledge of the past.
4. Egyptian folk art often has eyes in ti as a gods watching upon the pharaohs.
5. In a more narrow sense, Ancient Egyptian art refers to the canonical 2nd and 3rd Dynasty art developed in Egypt from 3000 BC and used until the 3rd century.
6. Most elements of Egyptian art remained remarkable stable over that 3,000 year period with relatively little outside influenced.
7. The quality of observation and execution started at a high level and remained near that level throughout the period.
8. Ancient Egyptian art forms are characterized by regularity and detailed depiction of gods, human beings, heroic battles, and nature, and were intended to provide solace to the deceased in the afterlife.
9. All Egyptian reliefs are painted, and less prestigious works in tombs, temples and palaces were just painted on a flat surface.
10. Stone surfaces were prepared by whitewash, or if rough, a layer of coarse mud plaster, with a smoother gesso layer above; some finer limestone could take paint directly.
2. Ancient Egyptian art reached a high level in painting and sculpture, and was both highly stylized and symbolic.
3. Much of the surviving art comes from tombs and monuments and thus there is an emphasis on life after death and the preservation of knowledge of the past.
4. Egyptian folk art often has eyes in ti as a gods watching upon the pharaohs.
5. In a more narrow sense, Ancient Egyptian art refers to the canonical 2nd and 3rd Dynasty art developed in Egypt from 3000 BC and used until the 3rd century.
6. Most elements of Egyptian art remained remarkable stable over that 3,000 year period with relatively little outside influenced.
7. The quality of observation and execution started at a high level and remained near that level throughout the period.
8. Ancient Egyptian art forms are characterized by regularity and detailed depiction of gods, human beings, heroic battles, and nature, and were intended to provide solace to the deceased in the afterlife.
9. All Egyptian reliefs are painted, and less prestigious works in tombs, temples and palaces were just painted on a flat surface.
10. Stone surfaces were prepared by whitewash, or if rough, a layer of coarse mud plaster, with a smoother gesso layer above; some finer limestone could take paint directly.