Paintings

• use frontalism- head in profile, eyes look out, body from front, feet point with head

• Nothing drawn in front of face

• paintings bordered by black lines

• Animals: crocodiles, snakes, hawks, apes, lions, fish, frogs, and cats

• Different colors for different qualities of people http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Egypt/art_report.html

Pottery

• pottery made before pyramids

• covered pottery with red, yellow, blue and green enamel

• worked with steatite-soapstone-carved

• easily worked, doesn’t crack much

• used soft pottery and sandy paste

• tiles used in the pyramid of Sakkara ancientartsofegypt.com/decor.html

Statues

• Many stautes

• Mostly young and beautiful

• Artist had to follow laws

• Materials and positions were limited

• size showed social status

• Children carved to show age

Citations

• Unknown, “Ancient Egyptian Pottery”, www.2020site.org/egypt/early_pottery.html, 2002.

• Holly Late, “Egyptian Painting”, http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/artisans/painting.htm,2002

• Natalie Low, “Egyptian Statues”, http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/artisans/statues.htm, 2002

• ITESM Campus Tampico

• Lisa Kremen, “Ancient Egyptian Art” http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Egypt/art_report.htm, 1996

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