Art Of Egypt

Art of Egypt

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Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Egyptian Art was once considered to be unchanged, when viewing this art as a whole.Ð' Egyptian Art seems to have much repetition in pattern of images and ideas, yet all of these images are uniquely different. Ranging from 3000b.c to 50b.c. it takes the same principles through out the entire period.Ð' Consisting of Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, each dynasty had a different addition to the basic concepts that were established in the beginning, ideas of the artist grew faster and better.Ð' Many cultures shared from the influence of Egyptian Art.Ð' Even if it was not copied, their artwork was either compared or contrasted with that of the Greeks, Romans, Sumerians, Assyrians and Persians.Ð' All in one way or another form have come in contact with Egyptian Art.

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Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Art is different variations of expression, either self-expression or cultural, from painting, sculpture, architecture, to funeral preparations to pottery.Ð' Art is also a form of communication that conveys ideas, theories, or even history and expresses ideas that cannot be put into words.Ð' Thus taking something that is thought to be intangible, shaping and molding it into something that can be seen or touched.Ð' Different cultures share ideas and styles and use them to fit in their own views and principles.Ð' Sometimes the artwork can be viewed differently between two cultures.Ð' Yet they can have the same purpose,Ð' for example, the comparison of Mycenaean tombs and the tombs of the New and Middle Egyptian Kingdom.Ð' The tombs were made in two separate time periods; the views of the after life are different. Although need for the preparation of the dead for after life is similar to each other, showing how the Egyptians had an influence on many cultures.

Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Tombs are placing for the dead.Ð' In most cultures of the Ancient world, there were tombs.Ð' Tombs were erected and built usually for the highest official in the time period.Ð' In Egypt tombs were made, there were different types.Ð' The most famous are the pyramids.Ð' These triangular buildings were made for pharaohs.Ð' Mostly built by slave labor, with such precision, it is only speculated on how they were made.Ð' Tombs were a reflection of the deceased's life.Ð' They were made to reflect all the things that the person had done in order to make it in the afterlife.Ð' So these tombs were decorated with everything that would be needed for the after life.Ð' The coffin that was used for the body can be seen today in modern times.Ð' In American culture when a person dies they are put into a coffin, sometimes it reflects the person.Ð' Ð' Coffins were elaborate parts of burial procedures in Egypt.Ð' Also in modern days, statues are erected for the deceased in memory of the person or their act.Ð'

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Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Ð' Egyptian Art is linked to Greek art.Ð' The columns that the Greeks are known for, were inspired from Egyptians, many of the building that are built in present time have origins linked to Greek Art.Ð' The Artwork of the Egyptians laid down basic