Tacky People in the Art of Amarna? Ancient Egyptian art followed a strict canon, shaped by ideals of order and self-control. As a result, human figures often appear rigid and limited in movement. Even when artists depicted dynamic scenes (dancing, fighting,...
A block from Ashmunein showing Tutankhuaton as royal prince, an innovation in the art of Amarna.
As we have seen in a previous post, the iconography of this coffin contains traditional images of Egyptian art to guarantee the resurrection of the deceased. In addition, in the previous post we exposed that the decoration was perfectly distributed on the surface....
Images in Egyptian art were much more than just designs, specially in funerary sphere. They were a tool for achieving a goal and their effectiveness was out of doubt. Moreover, the artist also had to choose their location on the surface for creating a coherent...
Clay Coffin of Men. Dynasty XVIII. Tell el-Yahoudiyeh (tomb 411). Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire de Bruxelles, E.4348. Photo: MRAH Coffins in Ancient Egypt were not made just in wood, but also in ceramic. Although these kind of coffins are much more common in...
Thanks to the numerous documents that has come down to us from Ancient Egypt, almost all related to their religious beliefs, we know about their gods, the ceremonies they practiced, their mythologies, and above all how they buried their dead and also how they did...
Keep safe and protect the others with your actions. Coptic painting in Tomb of Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan). XI-XII Century. Photo: Mª Rosa...
Colour is a very important element in aesthetics, because by itself it provokes immediate emotions. A colour can determine a state of mind, predispose us to something or even influence someone's attitude. Effects of Colours in our Emotions. The cold colours, like...
I would like to focus on an exceptional coffin located in the National Museum of Scotland. Because it contains a depiction of Isis and Nephthys, that well deserves a mention. 1. Some Information about the Coffin of "Qurna Queen". Flinders Petrie discovered in 1908...
In this post I would like to focus on two wooden sculptures of Isis and Nephthys. They are nowadays in two different museums; one is in the Art and History Museum of Brussels and the other one in the Museum of Fine Arts of Budapest. Although they are noadays...
The artist in Ancient Egypt was part of the elite and worked very close to the Court. But his importance did not come from his proximity to the Royal House. Let's see more about it... 1. The Egyptian artists were specialised workers. Very early in history in...
How many great works of art in Ancient Egypt do we know? thousands!!! and yet … how many names of Egyptian artists (sculptors, draftsmen, painters …) do we know? I am sure you have to think.... Who made the Triads of Mycerinus? We refer to Michelangelo's David, if...
In Ancient Egypt there were many practices in the funerary rite to grant the dead's resurrection. The most represented, but also very unkown, was the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony. The Opening of The Mouth Ceremony a group of gestures. It was a group of practices...