Egyptian Art
Kimberly Schmutzler
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English 101 09
26 October 2011
Ancient Egyptian Art The combination of geometric consistency and keen observation of nature are characteristics of all Egyptian arts. “Ancient Egyptian art reflected that civilization 's religious beliefs, according to which the terrestrial life was merely a brief interlude compared to the eternal life which followed”(Egyptian art). Everything had to be represented from its most characteristic angle. Egyptian crafts in all the statues, paintings, jewelry and pottery seem to fall into place as if they obeyed one law. ”Egyptian art hardly changed, setting some kind of record for conformity and convention in the creative sphere”(Robinson). It remained the same through the Predynastic period, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom; that is roughly 3000-1000 B.C. Everything that was considered good and beautiful in the age of the pyramids was held to be just as excellent a thousand years later, the mode of representing man and nature remained essentially the same through thousands of years. The art was concerned about pharaohs, nature, and life after death. We can easily recognize it through wall art, temples, statues, and pyramids which have lived for thousands of years.
The Predynastic period is a period of some 500 years or more at the beginning of what is conventionally considered as the history of Ancient Egypt. In the course of the Predynastic period, artists and civil servants working for the central government fashioned the highly sophisticated traditions of art and learning that later established the basic pattern of Pharaonic civilization. It was the culmination of the influential stage of the Ancient Egyptian culture that began centuries before during the prehistory. “It was during this period that the divine kingship became well established as Egypt 's form of government, and with it, an entire culture that would remain virtually unchanged for the next 3000 or more years.
Petry
English 101 09
26 October 2011
Ancient Egyptian Art The combination of geometric consistency and keen observation of nature are characteristics of all Egyptian arts. “Ancient Egyptian art reflected that civilization 's religious beliefs, according to which the terrestrial life was merely a brief interlude compared to the eternal life which followed”(Egyptian art). Everything had to be represented from its most characteristic angle. Egyptian crafts in all the statues, paintings, jewelry and pottery seem to fall into place as if they obeyed one law. ”Egyptian art hardly changed, setting some kind of record for conformity and convention in the creative sphere”(Robinson). It remained the same through the Predynastic period, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom; that is roughly 3000-1000 B.C. Everything that was considered good and beautiful in the age of the pyramids was held to be just as excellent a thousand years later, the mode of representing man and nature remained essentially the same through thousands of years. The art was concerned about pharaohs, nature, and life after death. We can easily recognize it through wall art, temples, statues, and pyramids which have lived for thousands of years.
The Predynastic period is a period of some 500 years or more at the beginning of what is conventionally considered as the history of Ancient Egypt. In the course of the Predynastic period, artists and civil servants working for the central government fashioned the highly sophisticated traditions of art and learning that later established the basic pattern of Pharaonic civilization. It was the culmination of the influential stage of the Ancient Egyptian culture that began centuries before during the prehistory. “It was during this period that the divine kingship became well established as Egypt 's form of government, and with it, an entire culture that would remain virtually unchanged for the next 3000 or more years.
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