Ancient Egyptian art was produced from 5000 BC to 300 AD and was characterized by keen observation, exact representations of life and nature, conformity to rules of three-dimensional forms, and highly religious subjects including gods, pharaohs and nature. Major art forms included architecture like pyramids and temples, sculpture of pharaohs and gods, and paintings on tomb walls.

1. ARTS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

2. EGYPTIAN ART

3. Ancient Egyptian art - is the painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts produced by the civilization in the lower Nile Valley from 5000 BC to 300 AD.

4. characteristics keen observation and exact representation of actual life and nature strict conformity to a set of rules regarding representation of three dimensional forms dominated the character and style of the art of ancient Egypt completeness and exactness highly religious idea of order Clear and simple lines combined with simple shapes and flat areas of color figures were drawn to sizes

5. Subjects depicted gods and goddesses Pharaohs actual life and nature

6. architecture

7. pyramids

8. Step pyramids

9. The great pyramids of giza

10. The Great Sphinx

11. temples

13. The temple of horus

14. crafts and sculpture

17. Queen nefertiti

19. Tutankhamun

21. paintings

26. How toDesignan AncientEgyptian Cartouche

27. A cartouche is an oval frame which surrounds the hieroglyphs that make up the name of an Egyptian God or royal person.

28. Illustration 1 - shows the three elements used to create the cartouche: the oval frame; the stand; and the rope which binds the other two together. Illustration 2 - shows the three parts combined to form a basic cartouche frame. Illustration 3 - shows the frame of the cartouche decorated with small hieroglyphs.

30. Adding your name to the Cartouche

31. Hieroglyphs are word pictures which represent the sounds of the Ancient Egyptian language. In this cartouche we have enclosed the hieroglyphs that spell out the sounds of the name 'Michael'. Note that although there are seven letters in the name 'Michael', there are only four basic sounds 'M - I - K - L'. Therefore we only need to use the hieroglyphs that represent those sounds. A more detailed explanation of this translation process is given on our hieroglyphics pages.

32. Coloring the Cartouche

35. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GODS

36. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN crowns