(arts) arts of ancient civilization
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ARTS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
EGYPTIAN ART
Ancient Egyptian art - is the painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts produced by the civilization in the lower Nile Valley from 5000 BC to 300 AD.
characteristics• keen observation and exact representation of
actual life and nature• strict conformity to a set of rules regarding
representation of three dimensional forms dominated the character and style of the art of ancient Egypt
• completeness and exactness• highly religious• idea of order• Clear and simple lines combined with simple
shapes and flat areas of color • figures were drawn to sizes
Subjects depicted
• gods and goddesses• Pharaohs• actual life and nature
architecture
pyramids
Step pyramids
The great pyramids of giza
The Great Sphinx
temples
The temple of horus
crafts and sculpture
Queen nefertiti
Tutankhamun
paintings
How toDesign an Ancient Egyptian
Cartouche
A cartouche is an oval frame which surrounds the
hieroglyphs that make up the name of an Egyptian God or
royal person.
Illustration 1 - shows the three elements used to create the cartouche: the oval frame; the stand; and the rope which binds the other two together.
Illustration 2 - shows the three parts combined to form a basic cartouche frame.
Illustration 3 - shows the frame of the cartouche decorated with small hieroglyphs.
Adding your name to the Cartouche
• Hieroglyphs are word pictures which represent the sounds of the Ancient Egyptian language.
• In this cartouche we have enclosed the hieroglyphs that spell out the sounds of the name 'Michael'.
• Note that although there are seven letters in the name 'Michael', there are only four basic sounds 'M - I - K - L'. Therefore we only need to use the hieroglyphs that represent those sounds.
• A more detailed explanation of this translation process is given on our hieroglyphics pages.
Coloring the Cartouche
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GODS
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN crowns