The art of Ancient Egypt, the history of its origin and development, has more than four thousand years. Researchers and ordinary inhabitants have a genuine interest in Ancient Egypt (painting, monumental architecture and everything connected with them).
Pyramids and temples
The basis of monumental Egyptian structures in that era were pyramids, tombs and memorial temples. They served not only as the burial place of the deceased, but were also called to exalt his deeds after death. The tombs - one more magnificent than the other, beautiful monumental paintings and reliefs - all this is Ancient Egypt, whose painting with its characteristic features has become a new step in the development of art after a primitive communal system.
The Art of Ancient Egypt
A clearly expressed ideological focus on exaltation of the cult of the pharaoh and the ruling elite is a distinctive feature of that period. This suggests that the art of Ancient Egypt was the first reflection of class inequality. Most clearly, these trends are traced in monumental painting.
The history of art of Ancient Egypt (in particular, architecture and painting) has
several stages of its development. With the advent of the first monumental buildings, there was a need to somehow design them. Wall painting received the specific goal of its existence - to fill the artificially created space, while perpetuating the exploits of people. Gradually, traditions associated with the design of funeral structures began to emerge.
Ancient Egypt, painting: canons
- The combination of profile and shaped images.
- The proportions of the figure are practically observed.
- Social inequality is expressed by the difference in the scale of the figures depicted.
- The painting is a scene located one above the other belts. Each scene is a complete whole and at the same time an integral part of the whole picture.
Deviations from the established canons were possible only when portraying people of the lower classes.
Since the slave system is the main form of the state of Ancient Egypt, painting (the dynamics of its development) was subject to the influence of the ruling elite. The main figure depicted was the pharaoh. He was endowed with a super-powerful body, portrait images were idealized, and his greatness was emphasized by the environment of the gods.
Two types of mural painting technique were used. They were either performed by tempera on a dry surface, or by embedding colored pastes in previously made recesses. The paints were natural - of mineral origin.
In the art of Ancient Egypt, the content of the paintings and the rules for placing them on the walls were well-established. The king was portrayed larger than slaves, and was always motionless. The paintings glorified the deeds of the pharaoh, and if they were located on the walls of the tomb, they were scenes of ritual significance, designed to give the king bliss in the afterlife.
The painting and architecture of Ancient Egypt, and now striking the imagination with its grand scale and bright colors.