The art of Ancient Egypt, its historyappearance and development is more than four thousand years. Researchers and ordinary inhabitants are genuinely interested in Ancient Egypt (painting, monumental architecture and everything connected with them).
The foundation of the monumental Egyptian buildings in thatepoch were 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 death. Tombs - one more grandeur than the other, beautiful monumental paintings and reliefs - all this is Ancient Egypt, whose painting with its characteristic features has become a new step in the development of art after the primitive communal system.
An explicit ideological focus onthe 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.
Since the slave system is the mainform 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 application techniques were usedwall painting. They were either carried out 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 settled was andthe content of the paintings, and the rules of their location on the walls. The king was portrayed in a larger size than the slaves, and was always immobile. The 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.
