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Ancient Egyptian art forms are characterized by 

regularity and detailed


depiction of gods, human beings, heroic battles, and nature. A high proportion
of the surviving works were designed and made to provide peace and assistance to
the deceased in the afterlife.

Egyptians did not produce Art for the sake of making Art but for specific functions such as funeral
purposes. The Egyptian artists main goal was to recreate the life style of the deceased for his or her
purpose in the afterlife. Art was created for tombs to depict the tomb owner, king, and deities.
Egyptians produced art in a 2-dimensional platform and did not try to show depth. Instead, they
depicted overemphasized items they wanted to show on a flat surface and in exaggerated angles.
The artists

I their for conclud that the Egyptians never seem to have mastered perspective as there is no
interplay of light and shadow in the compositions, they are always two dimensional, and the
figures are emotionless
Art is an essential aspect of any civilization. Once the basic human needs have
been taken care of such as food, shelter, some form of community law, and a
religious belief, cultures begin producing artwork, and often all of these
developments occur more or less simultaneously. This process began in
the Predynastic Period in Egypt (c. 6000 - c. 3150 BCE) through images of
animals, human beings, and supernatural figures inscribed on rock walls.
These early images were crude in comparison to later developments but still
express an important value of Egyptian cultural consciousness: balance.

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