Ancient Egyptian art

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ancient art art movement cultural tradition visual art

Ancient Egyptian art is the highly stylized and symbolic visual tradition of ancient Egypt, encompassing monumental architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts created primarily to serve religious, funerary, and royal purposes.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Amarna art 1
Amarna style 1
Egyptian art 1

Statements (110)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient art ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
cultural tradition ⓘ
visual art ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
endTime c. 30 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Greco-Roman art ⓘ
surface form: Greco-Roman Egyptian art
follows Predynastic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Predynastic Egyptian art
hasCanonicalExample Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
surface form: Abu Simbel temple reliefs

Book of the Dead ⓘ
surface form: Book of the Dead papyri

Coffin Texts ⓘ
surface form: Coffin Texts decoration

Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ
Karnak temple reliefs ⓘ
Obelisk of Luxor ⓘ
surface form: Luxor temple statues

Nefertiti Bust ⓘ
Pyramid Texts ⓘ
surface form: Pyramid Texts inscriptions

Tutankhamun funerary mask ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ
surface form: Valley of the Kings tomb paintings

statues of Khafre ⓘ
tomb of Nebamun paintings ⓘ
hasCharacteristic canon of proportions ⓘ
composite view of the human figure ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
frontalism ⓘ
hierarchical scale ⓘ
highly stylized ⓘ
monumentality ⓘ
polychromy ⓘ
symbolic ⓘ
use of hieroglyphs as design elements ⓘ
use of registers ⓘ
hasGoal ensure afterlife for the deceased ⓘ
glorify the pharaoh ⓘ
honor the gods ⓘ
maintain maʿat ⓘ
hasPart Ancient Egyptian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Amarna art

Book of the Dead vignettes ⓘ
Egyptian architecture ⓘ
Egyptian decorative arts ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian painting

Egyptian sculpture ⓘ
Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Late Period art

Middle Kingdom art ⓘ
New Kingdom art ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Kingdom art

canopic jar decoration ⓘ
coffin painting ⓘ
colossal statues ⓘ
faience objects ⓘ
funerary masks ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
jewelry ⓘ
obelisk decoration ⓘ
papyrus illustrations ⓘ
pyramid complexes ⓘ
relief sculpture ⓘ
sarcophagi decoration ⓘ
statues of pharaohs ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
temple reliefs ⓘ
tomb painting ⓘ
wall reliefs ⓘ
hasStyle Ancient Egyptian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Amarna style

Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kingdom style

New Kingdom style ⓘ
Old Kingdom style ⓘ
Saite revival style ⓘ
influenced Art Deco ⓘ
Classical Greek art ⓘ
Kushite art ⓘ
Nubian art ⓘ
modern Egyptian art ⓘ
influencedBy Predynastic cultures of Egypt ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Nile Valley ⓘ
mainSubject Egyptian gods ⓘ
afterlife ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
funerary beliefs ⓘ
pharaoh ⓘ
religion in ancient Egypt ⓘ
royal power ⓘ
practicedBy Egyptian artisans ⓘ
royal workshops ⓘ
temple workshops ⓘ
startTime c. 3100 BCE ⓘ
typicalColor black ⓘ
blue ⓘ
green ⓘ
red ochre ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellow ochre ⓘ
typicalMaterial alabaster ⓘ
faience ⓘ
gold ⓘ
granite ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
papyrus ⓘ
pigments ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
use commemoration ⓘ
cult statues ⓘ
funerary purposes ⓘ
religious purposes ⓘ
ritual objects ⓘ
royal propaganda ⓘ
temple decoration ⓘ
tomb decoration ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Sphinx of Giza → artStyle → Ancient Egyptian art ⓘ
Wadi es-Sebua → hasArtStyle → Ancient Egyptian art ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Kingdom Egyptian reliefs
Ancient Egyptian art → hasPart → Ancient Egyptian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian painting
Ancient Egyptian art → hasPart → Ancient Egyptian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amarna art
Ancient Egyptian art → hasPart → Ancient Egyptian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom art
Ancient Egyptian art → hasStyle → Ancient Egyptian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amarna style
Hellenistic art → influencedBy → Ancient Egyptian art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian art