Get Ancient Egyptian Arts And Crafts Pics. Craftsmen toiled in anonymity, signed none of their works and in ancient egypt only a pharaoh commissioned art for a purpose we would find familiar to enhance a building or monument and thereby gain admiration for. 11th dynasty funerary statue although the ancient egyptians had no word for art they revered beauty and produced architecture, reliefs, paintings, murals, statues, decorative arts, and a variety of crafts.
Ancient egyptian art is the painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts produced by the civilization in the lower nile valley from 5000 bce to 300 ce.
Egypt, the cradle of civilisation, is also the cradle of the arts and the of these the ancient egyptians were the original inventors and the series of examples that have come down to us is itself a fascinating piece of history. Drawing of a bird and lotus flower inspired by. Ancient egyptians did not create art simply to create something beautiful their art was functional. Artists' endeavored to preserve everything of the present time as clearly and permanently as possible.