Art of ancient Egypt
The Art of ancient Egypt is characterized by an idea of order: clear and simple lines, associated with simple forms and flat tints of color. The artists used perpendicular, vertical and horizontal lines, to form a squaring and to give correct proportions to their work. Art reflected the social, religious and political importance. The height of the characters depended for example on their role in the company: most important were largest - there was in addition no prospect. The Pharaon is thus always represented like largest of the men; in the same way the gods are more or less imposing according to whether they are regarded as more or less powerful.
From the very religious nature of the civilization of the ancient Egypt, the majority of the works of art of this time are with the image of divinities, Pharaon S or divine incarnations.
Symbolism
See also: Symbolic system of the colors in ancient Egypt, symbolic systems Objects of ancient Egypt
The order is related to the symbolism of work - the symbols are omnipresent in the Egyptian art. Thus, the animals are notations symbolic of divinities. The color also, has a very required direction: blue and the green represented the the Nile and the life, the yellow evoked the Sun, the red inspired the force, the capacity and vitality. The colors of this time surprisingly survived during the centuries, in particular thanks to the very dry climate of Egypt. The Egyptian art, in spite of the absence of prospect, was very realistic; the artists had a thorough knowledge of the anatomy and a perfectionist direction of the detail, especially for the drawing of animals.
History of art
The art of Nagada
See also: Art of Nagada
The term of Nagada comes from a site of High-Egypt. One thus indicates the artistic production which takes place between -3800 and -3000. Art is mainly known by the funerary deposits, which prove that already the craft industry reached an high level, so much in the field of ceramics than in that of the metallurgy and the size of the hard stones.
The art of the time thinite
See also: Art of the time thinite
The art of the first two dynasties is that which really puts in place conventions of the Egyptian art, in parallel with the emergence of the political system and social. At the same time a funerary architecture which develop and a varied funerary furniture are known.
The art of the Ancient Empire
See also: Art of the Egyptian Ancient Empire
The Old empire, it is the time of large the pyramids and the creation of the squatted scribe. But it is especially, for the majority of the historians of art, the apogee of the Egyptian art, which reaches an unequalled perfection then. The country finally unified, coherent, under the influence of a strong administration, carries out immense works, whether it is in architecture or the sculpture.
The art of the Average Empire
See also: Art of the Average Egyptian Empire
After a first agitated intermediate period, the Average Empire mark a return to a state of calm and a new chapter in the Egyptian art. The pyramid always has course for the royal burials, and one knows some examples of nonfunerary temples. The models gain in height and diversity, and of the jewels, found in a tomb inviolate with Daschour, are splendid examples of an almost disappeared goldsmithery.
The period amarnienne
See also: Art amarnien
During, the Pharaon Akhénaton decides, shortly after his come to power, to propose the worship of Aton, god of the solar disk. Some saw in him a precursor of the monotheism. It is not the case since only the Amon god is put of with dimensions at the profit of Aton. This upheaval feels in art: a new style has developed, the Art amarnien, different by many aspects from traditional idealistic art in place for 1700 years. After the death of Akhénaton, the traditional religion taking again its place, the artists return to a more traditional style, but which remains marked by certain aspects of art amarnien.
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