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Egyptian Art. Characteristics of Paintings Torsos = straight on Heads, Arms, Legs = seen from the side Gods and pharaohs = large Other people = small. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Statues. Characteristics Statues = large and imposing
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Egyptian Art Characteristics of Paintings • Torsos = straight on • Heads, Arms, Legs = seen from the side • Gods and pharaohs = large • Other people = small
Egyptian Statues Characteristics • Statues = large and imposing • Usually gods and pharaohs • Show power and majesty
Egyptian Statues Gods Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Statues King Ramses II Sphinx at Giza
Egyptian Math and Science • Used math and science to improve their lives as opposed to understand the world • Arithmetic • add, subtract, multiply, divide • Pyramids • geometry, engineering, architecture • Medicine • set broken bones, treated wounds, surgical procedures (removed tumors) • made medicines from plants and animals • realized hygiene (i.e. bathing) could prevent disease
Egyptian Writing • Three systems: • Hieroglyphics • Hieratic • Demotic • Each system was used for different functions
Egyptian Writing • Hieroglyphics (3200 BC) • Picture symbols represent objects, sounds, and ideas • “Formal” writing found on monuments and in religious texts • Considered an art form • Difficult to learn • Took time to compose
Egyptian Writing • Hieratic • Used in religious texts • Reed brush with ink on papyrus • Papyrus = plant of the Nile used to make paper-like sheets • Less formal • More practical and efficient • “Cursive” writing • Greeks name hieratic because hieratikos = priestly
Egyptian Writing • Demotic • Used in legal and literary writings • Handwriting used in “everyday life” • Demotikos = Greek for popular • Created with reed brush with ink on papyrus • Practical and efficient • More people learned because of its function
Rosetta Stone • Once Egypt declined, they adopted other languages • No one could read ancient Egyptian languages • 1799 – French soldier discovers Granite slab in village of Rosetta known as the “Rosetta Stone” • Slab contained same texts written in hieroglyphics, demotic, and ancient Greek languages • Used Greek text to translate the two Egyptian languages • Allowed historians to learn more about Egyptians because they could read their writings