Abstract: Abstract Painting decorated most surfaces in ancient Pharaonic Egypt, from reliefs on tomb and temple stone walls; mud brick structures such as palaces, domestic shrines and houses; stone and wooden sculpture; coffins, sarcophagi, and cartonnage; to cosmetic objects, furniture, leather, linen, ostraca, papyri, pottery, faience, and tomb models. Painting added detail to carved, sculpted, and molded images, and created the form and design itself on flat surfaces. The color of pigment had symbolic value and gave information about the nature of the image. Specific styles, representational types, and scenes in painting were created in response to political, social, and religious demands.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-10-26
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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