Ancient Egyptian art

Egyptian art consistes of: Painting,Sculpture,Architecture and crafts produced by the civilization from the lower Nile Valley 500BCE - 300AD. 

This period produced high quality painting and sculpture it was very stylized and feathered a lot of symbolic meaning.Most of the remaining art from this period are those recovered from tombs and monuments and from these areas there is an emphasis on life and life after death and the history of the past 

Offerings to Pharaoh Ramesses III and Isis. By Salvador Cherubini 1832-1844

In Egyptian folk art we often see symbols of eyes this is symbolic of the gods watching over the Pharaohs. Over the last 3000 years the egyptian art has stayed stable and has little to non influence from the outside. The level of observational quality was hight and remained at that level throughout the movement 

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