|Egyptian Art 2700 BC-200 AD||BACK
|Egyptians were mainly interested in architecture and sculpture, and in many of their paintings they gave drawing precedence over color. Architecture was invented in Egypt around 2650BC by Imhotep. Imhotep came up with the revolutionary idea to translate the fragile building materials of bundled reeds and mud bricks into carved stone. Many of the architectural elements we see today have some kind of ancestral link to Imhotep's genius.
At first glance, the paintings and reliefs may not look all that real. Egyptian realism meant emphasizing the most obvious view of each part of the body and then bunching them all together in a strict geometric grid system.
Egyptologists divide the art into four main historical categories. These are all dated to various dynasties or rulers.
|Akhenaten and His Family
Judgement before Osiris
Fowling Scene from Nebamun's Tomb
Nefertari Making Offering to Isis
Golden Mask of King Tutankhamun
This listing of artists is not official. It is merely intended to group the artists in an easy to navigate format.
artists by period...
artists in alphabetical order...