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