EgyptianEgyptian Art ArtCirca 3,000-1,000 BCor BCE

Egyptian ArtEgyptian Art• Hieroglyphics were pictures used as a

written language.

• In fact “sekh” was the Egyptian word for writing, drawing and painting!

Egyptian figures

• Egyptian figures were flat and 2-dimensional.

• The eyes & torsos were shown face-on.

• The hips, heads

and legs were shown in profile.

Popular MOTIFS or DESIGNS include the Lotus flower

…Feathers and Hieroglyphics

• …birds, animals

humans and

Egyptian gods.

Colors

Common colorsused were RED,

TURQUOISE,

GOLD and BLACK