TOMBS, TEMPLES, TIMELESSNESS
In ancient Egypt they believed their entire life was dedicated into getting into an afterlife. You could take whatever was buried with you into the next life. They dedicated much of their resources into building gigantic tombs for their important people, as well as gigantic temples to glorify their gods. All of these were designed to be timeless, and last for extremely long periods of time.
Historical Context
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa. It was founded along a large river that flooded regularly, called the Nile river. This Nile river provided a stable source of water and provided the ability to set up stable agriculture. This allowed the Ancient Egyptian civilization to flourish into a remarkably large nation. The Egyptian periods are called kingdoms. Starting from the oldest is the old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom. Ancient Egypt was also departed by two types of Egypt. One was upper Egypt, located along the upper part of the Nile, and the lower Egypt, located along the Nile delta. Each of these kingdom periods was separated by a periods of relative instability called intermediate periods. The Egyptian people were ruled by a god king called a pharaoh, who often initiated the construction of their tomb early in their reign. Their tombs often took many years to build, and required many man hours of many slaves to build. An example of a tomb would be one of the pyramids at Giza.
Egyptians were remarkably adept at building for their time. The many achievements of the ancient Egyptians include the quarrying, surveying and construction techniques that facilitated the building of monumental structures, such as the pyramids. They also discovered a system of mathematics, a effective system of medicine, as well as irrigation systems and agricultural productions techniques.
In their art of their leaders, they would represent their important individuals to a strict canon of proportions. This meant that their arms could only be a certain length, their heads only at a certain length, and so on. The stricter the individual is in this canon of proportions, the more important the individual usually is. This canon of proportions was considered ideal for human representation.
Egyptians were remarkably adept at building for their time. The many achievements of the ancient Egyptians include the quarrying, surveying and construction techniques that facilitated the building of monumental structures, such as the pyramids. They also discovered a system of mathematics, a effective system of medicine, as well as irrigation systems and agricultural productions techniques.
In their art of their leaders, they would represent their important individuals to a strict canon of proportions. This meant that their arms could only be a certain length, their heads only at a certain length, and so on. The stricter the individual is in this canon of proportions, the more important the individual usually is. This canon of proportions was considered ideal for human representation.