ART, DESIGN,

AESTHETICS
EGYPTIAN
CULTURE
TIMELINE :

Ancient Egyptian Culture

flourished around 5500 BCE.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION:
Ancient Egyptian culture
Came from the Middle East
and Africa.
PEOPLE:
PEOPLE

SUNNI MUSLIMS COPTIC CHRISTIANS

The picture here shows different people from various occupations.

This pictures also shows the power of the ruler as they order
people to do work for them
CLOTHING :

Men wear loincloths or short kilts

made of linen

Women wear kaftans or kalasiris

and wear shawls or capes over
the kaftans

The picture clearly represents the clothing worn by the people

In this culture.
MATERIALS USED :

Pots:
They are made marl clay and nile clay .

These pots have figures like animals and

human figures on them. The figures are mainly
lines and curves.
JEWELLERY:
The people were necklaces , bracelets and heavy neck
collars.

The wealthier people wear jewellery made og gold

and precious jewels.

The non wealthier people wear jewellery made of

coloured beads.
ARCHITECTURE:

The architecture of the monuments are made of

stones.

These pictures show the design and the heights of the

monuments. The drawings on these monuments are figures of
the rulers and people of the kingdom . the drawings also contain
animals and plants.
FEATURE OF THE ARCHITECTURE:
Lintel construction

Massive walls

Pictorial carving

l Flat roofs

Are built of clay or

baked bricks
TEMPLES IN EGYPTIAN CULTURE :
Cult temple
Egyptian temples

Cult temples

Mortuary temples

Mortuary temple
The temples are made for the idols they worship

These two pictures show us how different are

these types of temples. We can see that cult
temples are one main buildings with high walls.
Mortuary temples are have low walls and have
inclined slopes as the entrances
MONUMENTS: These monuments are
intriguing for me
because of their
The monuments were built by the stability and strength
Pharaohs. They were built to show even after being built
Their greatness and amaze the people on sand and with
Their kingdom. standing all the sand
storms

These famous monuments are sand made monuments are the

most structured monuments.

These monuments are built to store the coffins which

contain great rulers .
PAINTINGS OF EGYPTIAN CULTURE:
Egyptian art is admired for its beauty and the
symmetricality of figures in the paintings.

This picture represents the ruler trying to hunt the

birds.

Most of the egyptian art consists of human paintings.

I like this paintings because it exactly represents a

rulers and a slaves life in that era
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS :
The musical instruments of the egyptian culture
are :

Tambourines sistrum Cymbals

Drums Bells Rattles

These pictures represent people enjoying there music

and having a good time.

The egyptians are known for having ancients music as there base
for all types of genres.
Thank you