Egyptian Art
-Building
materials used in ancient Egypt were sun-baked mud brick and stone, mainly limestone.
-In
Old Kingdom onward, stone was generally reserved for tombs and temples. bricks
were used for royal palaces, fortresses, the walls of temple precincts and
towns, and buildings in temple complexes.
-The
core of the pyramids came from stone quarried in the area already while the
limestone.
-Ancient
Egyptian houses were made out of mud collected from the Nile River. --It was
and left to dry in the hot sun to harden for use in construction.
-Many
Egyptian towns have disappeared because they were situated near the cultivated
area of the Nile Valley and were flooded as the river bed slowly rose during
the millennia.
-Hot
climate of Egypt preserved some mud brick structures.
-Examples
include the village Deir al-Madinah, the Middle Kingdom town at Kahun and etc.
-Exterior
and interior walls the columns and piers were covered with hieroglyphic and
pictorial frescoes and carvings painted in brilliant color.
-Motifs
of Egyptian ornamentation are symbolic, such as the scarab, or sacred beetle
and etc.
-Other
common motifs include palm leaves, the papyrus plant, and the buds and flowers
of the lotus
-Ancient
Egyptian temples were aligned with astronomically significant events, such as
solstices and equinoxes, requiring precise measurements at the moment of the
particular event.
-Measurements
at the most significant temples may have been ceremonially undertaken by the
Pharaoh himself.
-Drawings of the types of
the architectural capitals specific for the Ancient Egyptian civilization
-The well preserved Temple
of Horus at Edfu is
an example of Egyptian architecture and architectural sculpture.
-Tomb of Sarenput II.
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