Egyptian Art brief

Bill
9/19/17

Ancient Egypt civilization mostly based on Egyptians' religious belief on their Pharaohs. In the purpose of spiritually extending their rulers' lives, architectures, arts, literature, science and other essentials of civilization were firmly established. For about 3,000 years Egyptian art retained unchanged in the glory of their rulers; the
Egyptian believed that the pharaoh's spirit, alleged ka, was eternal so they stocked tombs for pharaohs to continue enjoying their glory and perpetuity;  much of knowledge of ancient Egypt were known through the surviving tombs that are discovered.

Many forms of art are applied to display deceased's life and to provide dwelling places for the spirit: detailed works such as hieroglyphics and wall paintings reveal every aspects of daily life; portrait statues are built to be alternative places for the ka of pharaohs if their body corpses deteriorated. How big the human figure is on the painting determines the social position of the person, thus pharaohs are commonly presented as giants. Portrait statues are made of hard materials to last permanently. The pose of the figure is symmetrical and frontal.

The belief of life force are substantiated in various forms of art, and those art forms are displayed in different ways. One of the most representatives is mummy: the Egyptians preserve the body of a pharaoh and using chemical techniques to mummify it. They extract organs and stuff the corpse and warp it in layers of bandages, then placed it in the coffin.