Mysterious Ancient Egypt. Painting and architecture - what is the relationship?

The art of Ancient Egypt, the history of its origin and development has more than four thousand years. Researchers and ordinary inhabitants are genuinely interested in Ancient Egypt (painting, monumental architecture and everything connected with them).

Pyramids and temples

The foundation of the monumental Egyptian structures in that era was the pyramids, tombs and funeral temples. They served not only as a burial place for the deceased, but also were called upon to magnify his deeds even after his death. Tombs - one more magnificent than the other, beautiful monumental paintings and reliefs - all this is Ancient Egypt, whose painting with its own characteristics has become a new step in the development of art after the primitive communal system.

The Art of Ancient Egypt

An explicitly expressed ideological focus on exaltation of the cult of the pharaoh and the ruling elite is a distinctive feature of that period. This suggests that the art of Ancient Egypt was the first reflection of class inequality. Most clearly, these trends can be traced in monumental painting.

The history of the art of Ancient Egypt (in particular, architecture and painting) has
Several stages of its development. With the emergence of the first monumental structures, there was a need to formalize them somehow. Wall painting received a specific goal of its existence - to fill artificially created space, while perpetuating the feats of people. Gradually began to emerge traditions associated with the design of funeral buildings.

Ancient Egypt, painting: canons

• Combination of profile and facial images.
• The proportions of the figure are practically met.
• Social inequality is expressed by the difference in the scale of the figures depicted.
• The painting is a scene, located one above the other belts. Each scene is a complete whole and at the same time an integral part of the whole picture.

Deviations from the established canons were possible only when depicting people of the lower classes.

Since the slave system is the main form of the state Ancient Egypt, painting (the dynamics of its development) was subject to the influence of the ruling elite. The main figure depicted was Pharaoh. He was endowed with a super-powerful body, portrait images were idealized, and his greatness was emphasized by the environment of the gods.

Two types of wall painting techniques were used. They were either performed by tempera on a dry surface, or by embedding colored pastes in pre-made grooves. The paints were natural - of mineral origin.

In the art of ancient Egypt, the content of the paintings, and the rules of their arrangement on the walls, were also established. The king was portrayed in a larger size than the slaves, and was always immobile. Pictures glorified the deeds of the pharaoh, and if they were located on the walls of the tomb, they were scenes of ritual significance, designed to deliver the king bliss in the afterlife.

Painting and architecture of Ancient Egypt and now amazes imagination with its grandiose scope and bright colors.