Eternal Akhenaten. The influence of Amarna Art in the Ramesside Period
ETERNAL AKHENATEN The influence of Amarna Art in the Rameside Period It is usualy assumed that Akhenaten’s death marked the...
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The Ancient Egyptian Mourning Ritual, existed also in Amarna?
The Ancient Egyptian Mourning Ritual, existed also in Amarna?
During the reign of Akhenaten many things changed in Ancient Egypt. The new Pharaoh modified the artistic canon, his residence, the religion, the cult…but what happened with the death? Documents coming from that period of the history of Ancient Egypt show a belief...
Ancient Egypt had no artists, but craftsmen.
Ancient Egypt had no artists, but craftsmen.
I have already written about the consideration of the Art of Ancient Egypt as an artwork or a craftwork. In that post some elements were enumerated as necessary for a piece of art: Artificiality. An observer. Communication. Authenticity. Individuality. The problem...
Isis and Nephthys on the Neck of a Mummy.
Isis and Nephthys on the Neck of a Mummy.
Thanks to the many artifacts of Ancient Egypt found mainly in tombs, we know many aspects of the habits of ancient Egyptian people. However, the archaeological remains need also to be interpreted. For instance, why was the mummy buried sometimes with small female...
In Ancient Egypt. Artwork or Craftwork?
In Ancient Egypt. Artwork or Craftwork?
We have been lately writing about the artwork in general. The artwork is a human production conditioned by the author’s skills, by the historical moment and the place where it is produced. Ancient Egypt was not an exception. The big question also for us is, can we...
Controlled Attitude of Professional Mourners in Ancient Egypt.
Controlled Attitude of Professional Mourners in Ancient Egypt.
In Ancient Egypt common mourners taking part in funerary cortege were depicted making many different gestures. These women could raise their arms as if they were praying to the gods the return of the dead. Some times their hands appear over their heads as beating...
The Art of Ancient Egypt. A short Reflexion.
The Art of Ancient Egypt. A short Reflexion.
The art of Ancient Egypt has a very big interest from the esthetical point of view. But its composition, its scenes, its colors… have always a specific meaning. Before getting into the art of a moment of the history, we should mention some theoretical matters about...
SUPERPOSITION IN ANCIENT EGYPT. ISIS AND NEPHTHYS OVERLAPED.
SUPERPOSITION IN ANCIENT EGYPT. ISIS AND NEPHTHYS OVERLAPED.
The artists of Ancient Egypt had a particular conception of perspective, which affected in the way they depicted groups of living beings and amounts of things. In our last posts we saw how in Ancient Egypt the funerary scene of Osiris being flanked by Isis and...
Juxtaposition in Ancient Egypt. Isis and Nephthys justaposed.
Juxtaposition in Ancient Egypt. Isis and Nephthys justaposed.
During the New Kingdom the dead was buried with rolls of papyrus containing passages of “The Book of the Dead”. That meant that the artist of the Ancient Egypt applied over this new surfaces a decoration took from the general corpus of images they had. One of the...
Pulling the front lock of hair in Ancient Egypt?
Pulling the front lock of hair in Ancient Egypt?
In Ancient Egypt groups of common mourners walked during funerary processions making many gestures of lament: raising arms, beating their arms…One of the most typical gestures of these mourners was to pull from their lock of hair. We can watch this typical mourning...
A Teenager in Ancient Egypt with Lock of Hair?
A Teenager in Ancient Egypt with Lock of Hair?
In Ancient Egypt the lateral lock of hair was a distinctive of childhood. For the ancient Egyptian artist of the Old Kingdom, the lateral lock of hair pending from the scalp was, joint with nudity, an iconographical resource applied mainly to boys. Many familiar...
Two Professional Mourning Men in Ancient Egypt?
Two Professional Mourning Men in Ancient Egypt?
In Ancient Egypt a couple of two professional women in the role of Isis and Nephthys were actively involved in the dead’s resurrection. They appear usually at both ends of the coffin, during the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony or, from the New Kingdom, kneeling and...
Isis and Nephthys in the Ancient Egyptian Coffin of Nesykhonsu.
Isis and Nephthys in the Ancient Egyptian Coffin of Nesykhonsu.
The iconography in Ancient Egypt was not gratuitous. Every image had a reason to be, but also every space. From the Old Kingdom the two mourners in the role of Isis and Nephthys were accompanying the dead until the tomb at both ends of the mummy. The hieroglyphs of...