Egyptian Style Art

By:Kristen Seurkamp

Tomb Art

• Tomb art was very important to ancient Egyptian culture. It served the purpose of helping the dead through their journey to the after life, or Field of Reeds.

• Family pets, foods, drinks, and musicians were drawn on tombs to keep the dead entertained and to keep them company. They were drawn in bright shades of blue, green, yellow and red.

Sculptured Monuments

• Sculptured monuments were built sturdy so they wouldn’t be destroyed. These monuments were made out of limestone, granite and schist.

                                     

Tomb Statues

• Statues placed in tombs had a religious purpose of a home for the person’s spirit.

• A shabti was a tomb statue ancient Egyptians put in tombs to be a servant for the dead that would magically come to life and work for them.

Shabti

                                

Temple Sculptures

• The largest sculptures made for temples were of gods or rulers.

• Kings and queens had statues of themselves in the temples so that they were considered present at all religious ceremonies. Whoever the statue represented had their cartouche carved into the base of the sculpture.

• The name was more important than the image because it was considered to be without flaws and it was often not a recognizable individual. Some kings erased others names and wrote in their own.

                                                                                             

Paintings of People• The head was drawn from the side along with the

legs and the feet, but the torso was drawn as if you were looking at it from the front.

• The eyes were drawn with a black outline and curved eyebrows and drawn on the side of the head but looked as if you were looking at them from the front.

• The skin was drawn dark tan.• The clothing was usually white.• The size of people was drawn according to their rank

of importance, so important people were drawn larger than those of a lower rank of importance.

                 

Registers

• Egyptian paintings and reliefs often tell a story like a comic strip, these are called registers.

• Egyptians liked to keep things the same in their lives, in their art and in their afterlife.