Egyptian art contained many different forms of art paintings, sculptures in stone, wood, and ceramics, drawings, jewelry, and ivories; all of these forms of are help show the culture and belief systems of the Egyptians. Egyptian art uses hierarchical proportion, where the size and portions of the figures within the are show their importance. Egyptian artwork focused on life after death, so we see many Gods and Pharaohs are larger and then it trickles down to servants, animals, and trees as small objects. Most of the artwork that still stands today is in that of monuments of pharaohs and Egyptian religious leaders. These strong beliefs caused for the art to be outwardly resistant to individual artistic judgement, the geography of Egypt also helped to create a stable environment for the art and culture to flourish. The most distinctive images of Egyptian artwork that stand out are those of the pharaohs with the body of a human yet head of a creature, these images are still most associated with the art and culture of Egypt.
Egyptian Architecture
Imagine Egypt, the first thing that comes to mind is three large pyramids, the Pyramids of Giza. Egypt was an area were the afterlife was the most important aspect, your life on earth was to earn and achieve riches to take with you to the afterlife. Large monuments were built and filled with riches included the mummified remains of the people. The monuments were built stone by stone, layer upon layer to reach towards the sky on the backs of many everyday servants and slaves. Due to lack of wood, the main building materials were mud brick and stone, most of the architecture in Egypt is based mainly on religious monuments. Then the inside of these structures were incased by beautiful pictures and hieroglyphics, emphasizing the lifestyle and beliefs of the people.
Riggs, Christina. 2005. The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt : Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion. Oxford: OUP Oxford, 2005. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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