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,...
The artists in ancient Egypt used the bending hair for drawing body movements. The Egyptian artists in Amarna could also depict hair in a more plastic and less rigid way. In fact that followed one of the identity signature of the art of Amarna: more dynamic and natural. And maybe there were a contribution from Amarna to traditional iconoraphy on that subject.
There are lots of artifacts from ancient Egypt all around the world. Many of them are still unknown and despite that they are important documents. Just surfing on internet I found this photo of a stele in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. I had no news...
In Ancient Egypt many verbal and artistic expressions were used to refer to the entrance of the deceased into the Hereafter with goddess Hathor as mentor.
There are in museums small pieces from ancient Egypt, which are hardly paid attention. And usually they are very valuable. Sometimes because they offer relevant information, other times because they invite us to reflect. Wall Painting E2380 of RMAH in Brussels....
Egyptian coffin was a good surface for decoration. And usually this decoration was quite standard. For example, goddess Nut was depicted on the chest of the mummy, or also on the inside part of the cover, some moments of the funerary ceremony were included in the...
Official or private, formal or informal, the art of ancient Egypt had some characteristics in its production. These features formed a common denominator and helped to give uniformity and cohesion to the art of ancient Egypt. The Lack of Emotions in the Art of...
Ancient Egyptian archaeology is plenty of small remains which are big in information. For instance the ushabti of Pay and Repit is a small artifact, which goes unnoticed but has a deep message about the sexual stimulation of the dead, a very important aspect of the...
The Senet game of Ancient Egypt was a board game for leisure in common life, which also had its funerary side. It was present in the wall decoration and was part of the funerary equipment. According to it, the deceased played against the death and once he or she...
The Senet game in the funerary sphere was a path to eternity. The deceased played alone this "countdown" to the eternal life. To arrive to the last square meant that he or she was going to live forever. At that point the decoration on the last three squares of the...
The senet in Ancient Egypt was an enterteinment board game, but in the funerary sphere it was also a way of reaching the eternity.
Recently we posted about the decoration on the upper register of the funerary mask of Artemidora. In it, we could differentiate two main elements: to the mourning ritual (related to the osirian legend) at both ends of the scene and the solar resurrection in the...
We know how important was the decoration on the corpse in Ancient Egypt. The egyptian artist selected the most effective iconography for the benefit of the deceased. Among the most requested images were those of the two mourners Isis and Nephthys. Because, in their...