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  2. Art of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from Prehistoric Egypt until the Christianization of Roman Egypt. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art media. It was a conservative tradition whose ...

  3. Portraiture in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Gemiem-hat an official in early Middle Kingdom Herishefhotep an official in early Middle kingdom of ancient Egypt. Idealism apparent in ancient Egyptian art in general and specifically in portraiture was employed by choice, not as a result of lack of proficiency or talent. This is evident in the detailed and realistic depiction of birds and ...

  4. Cave of Swimmers - Wikipedia

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    The rock shelter and rock art were discovered in October 1933 by the Hungarian explorer László Almásy. It contains Neolithic pictographs (rock painting images) and is named due to the depictions of people with their limbs bent as if they were swimming. The drawings include those of giraffe and hippopotamus. [1]

  5. Fayum mummy portraits - Wikipedia

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    At an exhibition in London, these portraits drew large crowds. In the following year, Petrie continued excavations at the same location but now suffered from the competition of a German and an Egyptian art dealer. Petrie returned in the winter of 1910–11 and excavated a further 70 portrait mummies, some of them quite badly preserved. [7]

  6. Category : Cultural depictions of ancient Egyptian people

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    Category: Cultural depictions of ancient Egyptian people. 3 languages.

  7. Nine bows - Wikipedia

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    The Nine Bows is a visual representation in Ancient Egyptian art of foreigners or others. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Besides the nine bows, there were no other generic representations of foreigners. [ 3 ] Due to its ability to stand in for any nine enemies to Ancient Egypt, the peoples covered by this term changed over time as enemies changed, and there is no ...

  8. Ancient art - Wikipedia

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    The idea of order characterizes ancient Egyptian art. Clear and simple lines combined with simple shapes and flat areas of colour helped to create a sense of order and balance in the art of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptian artists used vertical and horizontal reference lines to maintain the correct proportions in their work.

  9. Khufu Statuette - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A Walk Through the Alleys of Ancient Egypt. American University in Cairo Press, New York/Cairo 2005, ISBN 9771721836. William Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson. The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (= Pelican history of art, Vol. 14). 3rd edition, Yale University Press, New Haven 1998, ISBN 0300077475.