Art in ancient Egypt

Running head : ART IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Art in Ancient Egypt

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One of the things that characterize ancient Egypt is Art . The Egyptians were very creative and they made exemplary forms of art . Most of the art that they made was influenced by something and thus was very symbolic Most of the forms of art in ancient Egypt represented their religious beliefs though other forms of art were made to represent nature and activities in daily life (Robins , 2008 . The forms of art in ancient

Egypt include paintings , statues , pottery , jewelry , relief , and sculptures . Most of these artistic works are preserved in museums

Art in ancient Egypt was orderly and not haphazard . There were a set of rules and regulations that governed representation of works of art and every artist had to conform to these rules (Robins , 2008 . For example when painting a situation where people of different social classes were involved , the social hierarchy had to be clearly shown in the painting To do this , the artist had to draw the figures with the most important figure being the largest and the least important figure being the smallest (Robins , 2008 . In addition , a work of art-be it a sculpture or painting-had to be exact and complete . Another area that shows the orderliness of art in ancient Egypt lies in the use of colors where colors were not used haphazardly but were used symbolically . The yellow color represented the god of sun , the blue color represented river...