Art is an integral part of our living. It depicts who we are and what we believe in. It also depicts the path we are on and the progress we have made. How? I will show you using a fascinating part of art history– Egyptian Art.
- Art was a way to show what they believed in just like in ancient Egypt. In ancient Egypt, art was not created for appreciation but to benefit a divine or deceased person. Art was used to show that the king was a god. The earliest work of art called 'Palette of Narmer' was created around 5000 years ago for the first king of the first dynasty. It depicted Narmer's victories. Also, there was the use of paintings to enable a pleasant life for a dead person. Pyramids were also, designed to serve as a gigantic stairway by which the soul of the deceased pharaoh could ascend to the heavens.
- Art also showed the value of change. It started with reliefs and the use of no perspective. Two dimensional reliefs on stones and slates, wall paintings and sculptures were also created. In the 4th dynasty, wall paintings of daily living, birds and plants were created due to their belief of 'life after death'. Most exciting of all was that pyramids were built. Ancient Egyptian architects used sun-dried and kiln-baked bricks, fine sandstone, limestone and granite to build the pyramids. They carefully planned all their work and fit the stones precisely together, since there was no mud or mortar.