Art of Ancient Egypt could not do without the use of clean and bright colors.Reliefs and sculptures, architecture, walls - painted all festive and "loud."
Art of Ancient Egypt, developing, intensified the interest of artists to animals, landscape, plants, reproduce any domestic scenes.With the strengthening of realistic human image in the image of the pharaoh and his family appeared a marked resemblance to the original portrait.
mineral paints used by the Egyptians.White paint quarried limestone, black - carbon black, green - grated malachite, red - red ocher, yellow - the yellow ocher.For blue inks used copper, cobalt, grated lazurite.
coloring on the walls of the temple of Queen Hatshepsut survived to the present day.
Art of Ancient Egypt was amazing permeated the life rhythm.Particularly noteworthy are scenes from everyday life.Egyptians depicted real events, not coming up with anything.
Ancient Egyptian artists have a unique ability to transmit the beauty of nature and life, using a mathematical calculation and timidity of his heart.Sculptors, architects, artists, this ancient country is different from a holistic view of the world and the subtle sense of harmony.All of this reflects the visual arts in Egypt.The artists sought to express their skills in each product, together with it, trying to synthesis - creating a unified architectural ensemble.
In the period from 30 to 24 century BC art of ancient Egypt is characterized by restraint and calm clarity.This is evident, for example, images in a tomb in Medum.Writing walls, the ancient Egyptian artists used the technique on a dry surface.
in 21-18 centuries.BC.artists try to overcome the established compositional schemes.The murals that adorn the walls of temples and tombs, magnificent friezes are replaced by more easily grouped scene, and used paints are transparent and tender.Paintings executed tempera technique (mixed dry powder coatings) on dry ground.At the same time artists used the thick, then a slight color overlay, some circuits are viewed very strongly, and some - very subtle.This allows you to make some easy remain flat silhouette.Hunting scene on the banks of the Nile is one of the most remarkable paintings created in this era.
first and most important sources telling about the music - it's the ancient Egyptian texts.These accounts, of course, is adjacent image and scenes playing music, the musicians and their instruments.
Throughout the existence of the state all religious ceremonies accompanied by music.In the priestly duties included singing, playing the lute and harp.
Fine Arts and Music of Ancient Egypt is closely related to each other.In evaluating these spheres of culture, attention is drawn to a contradiction.With a sufficiently large number of musicians depicted, indicating a widespread music among various sectors of society, virtually no evidence of musical notation.According to researchers, this is due to certain restrictions.However, some of the records pertaining to the musical system, were found in the texts of the New and the Middle Kingdom.
study of ancient papyri, tomb reliefs and other sources indicates the great importance of art and music in cultural and ceremonial life of Egyptian people.
