Egyptian Art

By Salwa

The Beginning• 5000 years ago

• Religion

• Paintings and

sculptures

• Gods

Paintings• Stories

• Gods and kings, battles

and dramatic scenes of

family life

• strict rules for drawing

the human body

Mummy• After life

• Costly

decorations

• Preserving body

Sculptures

• Sphinxes

• Masks

Sphinx• Mythical creature

• North and below the

pyramids

• Tombs

The great Sphinx Of

Giza• The most famous

• 2500 BC

• The face is Khafre.

The Riddle of the

Sphinx

Mask of

Tutankhamun• Golden mask of the

king Tutankhamun.

• 1343 BC

• Egyptian Museum,

Cairo

Bibliography

• http://www.mystudios.com/art/ancient/egyptian/egypt-tut.html

• http://victoriarestrepo.com/2013/03/03/art-history-kids-egyptianart/

• http://victoriarestrepo.com/2012/08/25/art-history-for-kids-egypt/

• http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/egyptian_sphinx.htm

• http://www.ducksters.com/history/art/ancient_egyptian_art.php

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_ancient_Egypt#Sculpture

• http://www.kingtutone.com/mummies/