Egyptian Painting

More than 5000 years ago the Egyptians began painting the
walls of the pharaohs' tombs with mythological
representations and scenes of everyday activities such
as hunting, fishing, farming, or banqueting.

2 stylistic constants prevailed:

• The images, being conceptual rather than realistic,
present the most characteristic anatomical features and
thus combine frontal and profile views of the same figure;
• scale indicates importance—thus, a pharaoh is shown
taller than his consort, children, or courtiers
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To honor their dead in the

Roman period, Egyptians
painted images of the
deceased on wood and
other materials.

• Greco-Roman Style
• Medieval artistic trends
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DID YOU
KNOW?
A nice place with beautiful
paintings on the walls, food,
clothing, hairdressing supplies
— sounds great, huh?
Just two catches — it's in
ancient Egypt, and it's for
dead people only.
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A classic example of the

Egyptian artistic style.
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Face shown in
profile, shoulders
and breast from
the front, legs
and feet in
profile again
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Egyptian posture arm

cross is met not often
and has its specific
touches: the cross is
not deep, only wrists
are crossed; hands hold
the symbols of power.
Therefore it represents
aside of a defensive
barrier sign of power.
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Various Egyptian sit postures

posture sit depends on person status.
Gods, pharaohs, nobility sit strictly under
the canon, commonalty like craftsmen
freely. Some sit postures allude to yoga's
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Display arm show is
frequent, but it has nothing
in common with sexuality
or competition. Without any
doubts naked arm show
related firstly with hot
Egyptian climate. That
display carries
seriousness and
represents prayer,
blessing, the act of
communicating with a
deity, or some magic
element or ritual
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Egyptian posture arm cross is met not often and has

its specific touches: the cross is not deep, only
wrists are crossed; hands hold the symbols of
power. Therefore it represents aside of a defensive
barrier sign of power.
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Painting

Walk Samples
If body movement
walk takes place
on smooth
surface,
Egyptians drew
legs with not bent
knees in wide
step. If climbing
up to a mountain
takes place, one
knee drawn bent.