Fact 1 on Egyptian Art History: | Old Kingdom History Overview 2686 - 2181 BCE: The 'Age of the Pyramids'. Egypt was politically stable and prosperous, rule of the Pharaohs established with divine status. Worship of the sun god Ra. Pyramids and Obelisks built and the Pyramid Texts inscribed on the tomb walls of Pharaohs.
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Fact 2 on Egyptian Art History: | Use of weapons and tools made of copper and bronze and metal working skills were developed.
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Fact 3 on Egyptian Art History: | Stylistic conventions adopted including 'Frontality' and 'Axiality'.
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Fact 4 on Egyptian Art History: | Frontality - heads were depicted in profile with just one eye visible
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Fact 5 on Egyptian Art History: | Frontality - both shoulders were shown front facing
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Fact 6 on Egyptian Art History: | Axiality - The rules of axiality adopted, figures were situated on an axis
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Fact 7 on Egyptian Art History: | 'Human Hybrid' gods depicted with the bodies of humans and heads of animals
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Fact 8 on Egyptian Art History: | Stilted forms due to lack of perspective
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Fact 9 on Egyptian Art History: | Figures and scenes arranged in horizontal rows
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Fact 10 on Egyptian Art History: | Faces devoid of emotional expression
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Fact 11 on Egyptian Art History: | Simplicity of form
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Fact 12 on Egyptian Art History: | Proportions of figures were related to the width of the palm of the hand
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Fact 13 on Egyptian Art History: | Hieratic scaling where the size of figures was determined by their importance
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Fact 14 on Egyptian Art History: | Egyptian artists adopted a limited repertoire of standard types
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Fact 15 on Egyptian Art History: | Funerary Sculpture developed
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Fact 16 on Egyptian Art History: | Artistic effort was focused on preserving life after death
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Fact 17 on Egyptian Art History: | Painted reliefs of the pharaohs and royal family and of wealthy Egyptians
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Fact 18 on Egyptian Art History: | Symbolism and Color Symbolism played a central role in the depictions of the gods and the pharaoh
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Fact 19 on Egyptian Art History: | Architecture: Transition of Step Pyramids to smooth surfaced pyramids
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Fact 20 on Egyptian Art History: | Architects mastered the techniques to build monumental structures in stone
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Fact 21 on Egyptian Art History: | Sculptors created life-size statues in wood, copper, and stone.
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Fact 22 on Egyptian Art History: | The formal artistic rules defined ancient Egyptian art for over 3,000 years
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