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    Posted: 12-Oct-2006 at 09:07
My own favourite art form. To me this is beauty and immortality in one. Hope you agree!
 
First some well known pieces:
 
Tutankhamuns Throne
 
My personal favourite ; Tutankhamun's throne. Note the intricate details in the clothing and even the hair. You can imagine the high level of craftsmanshiop needed. The viberant colours bring the piece to life.
 
 
 The Famous Death Mask of King Tutankhamun
 
Possibly Ancient Egypt's most iconic image, the Death Mask of Tutankhamun is of the finest pieces of art in the ancient world. It is a combination of pure Gold and semi-precious stones like Obsidian and Lapis Lazuli and caputres the youth of the King to a tee.
 
 
Riviled only by the Famous deathmask above in its beauty the famous Amarna bust of Nefertiti is a testament to a powerful and beautiful woman. The incredible life-like nature of the pieces is its greatest feature for me.
 
 
Scales weighing the deceased's heart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This famous image from the Egyptian Book of the Dead depicting the weighing of the heart ceremony is a prime example Papyrus art.
 
 
 
Tomb paintings were especially beautiful and important becuase they were the means by which the dead person could travel safely from this world to the next. This image comes from the Tomb of Sennedjem.
 
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This is the Coffin of Princess Maakre from the reigh of Pharoah Pinedjem I. Egyptian Sarcophogi were generally of anthropod form and were brightly carved and painted with images of the Gods and death rituals on them. The Pharaohs would ahve had coffins of pure Gold like Tuts famous assembledge


Edited by QueenCleopatra - 12-Oct-2006 at 09:35
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im not too keen on Amarna period art. ie: Akhenaten/Tutankhamun

i would have to say my preffered types of artworks would be the Kadesh murals at Karnak or the sculptures in the Nubian temples by Ramses II (Abu Simbel)

My absolute favourite piece of Egyptian Art would be Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el Bahri...I reckon it looks better than Abu Simbel in terms of its rigidity, accuracy of measurement and sheer perfection. Nefertari's tomb with its brightly coloured scenes is also a top notch piece of Egyptian art


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