Art of Ancient Egypt, the story of its emergence and development has more than four thousand years.Researchers and ordinary citizens is a genuine interest in Ancient Egypt (painting, monumental architecture and everything associated with them).
pyramids and temples
basis Egyptian monumental buildings at that time were the pyramids, tombs and funerary temples.They were not only a place of burial of the deceased, but were intended to glorify his deeds after death.Tombs - one another majestic, beautiful monumental paintings and reliefs - all Ancient Egypt, whose painting with its special features was a new step in the development of art after the primitive communal system.
Art of Ancient Egypt
clearly expressed ideological focus on the glorification of the cult of the pharaoh and the ruling elite - a distinctive feature of the period.This suggests that the visual arts of ancient Egypt was the first reflection of class inequality.Most clearly, these trends can be traced in monumental painting.
Art History of Ancient Egypt (in particular, architecture and painting) has
several stages of its development.With the emergence of the first monumental buildings there was a need to somehow arrange them.Murals received specific purpose of its existence - is artificially created to fill the space at the same time perpetuating the deeds of people.Gradually they began to emerge traditions associated with registration of funeral facilities.
Ancient Egypt, paintings: canons
- combination of profile and image FASD.
- proportions of the figure is almost met.
- Social inequality is the difference in scale of the depicted figures.
- painting is a scene, arranged one above the other zones.Each scene - a complete whole, and at the same time an integral part of the whole picture.
deviations from established canons were only possible with the image of people of the lower classes.
Since the slave system - is the main form of state Ancient Egypt art (its dynamics) are subject to the influence of the ruling elite.The main figure was depicted Pharaoh.He was endowed with a heavy-duty body, idealized portraits, and his greatness stressed environment of the gods.
use two kinds of application techniques of mural painting.They are either executed in tempera on a dry surface, or by investing in colored paste pre-made grooves.Colours were natural - mineral origin.
In the art of ancient Egypt has been settled and the content of the paintings, and the rules of their location on the wall.The king is depicted larger than slaves, and was always moving.Pictures glorify acts of Pharaoh, and if they are placed on the walls of the tomb were the scenes of ritual significance, designed to deliver the king of bliss in the afterlife.
arts and architecture of ancient Egypt, and now is striking its grand scale and bright colors.
