Egyptian Research

Ancient Wall Murals and Modern Murals

- Egyptian Murals...

Egyptian artists were painting murals on temple walls to show the connection that they had with Religious Rituals. these were done to represent the things they wanted to enjoy doing after life. the Egyptian artists were good in the decorations of the tombs, such as those are found in the Valley of The Kings at Thebes. A technique was used to paint on the surface of the rock or brick, that will be prepared with a smooth layer of plaster. this technique is used in Frescoes.

An interesting Fact that, when artists wanted to draw a human body, they wanted to show each part of the body from it's clear angle. This is a video clip from the documentary of How Art Made The World, that shows us clearly how Egyptian Artists painted the human body in it's clear angles.

- Modern Murals Inspired from Egyptians....

In today's Generation we don't see that type of murals with the technique they used any more. Artists of this generation that design and create murals on street walls are called Graffiti Artists. as one can see these artists are being inspired from Egyptian culture. 

In these two murals one can observe well that the artist who made these was influenced from the Egyptian interior of a Egyptian Temple, and even landscape of an Egyptian pyramids.

This is a Graffiti Artist work, that was inspired from Egyptian times. This is a piece of art that is showing a Pharaoh with an angry expression that is painted in a creative and abstractive look.

Reference...

-  Ian Crofton 1990, The Guinness Encyclopedia, Gunness Publishing Ltd,1990, The Visual Arts, The Art of the Ancient Near East and Egypt

- The Body In Ancient Egypt[video online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJbkxns8kvg