HUM 145 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sancta Sanctorum, Gigantism, Twentieth Dynasty Of Egypt
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Painting, art and architecture in egypt was enormously symbolic, religious and above all funeral. Ancient egypt is characterized by its unique art, from monumental artistic expressions, sculptures, architecture, paintings, and even jewelry. Becoming the pioneers of different genres and painting techniques, for example, fresco painting. Technique used to paint murals, commonly used in burial chambers. Similarly, it was also used to decorate the walls of the temples. To paint these walls, they created natural pigments, with different colors extracted from the earth, which they mixed with mud and then diluted with water. In this way, they applied the paint on the walls, which they covered with a layer of plaster. With this technique paintings loaded with religiosity and symbolism were created, which also transmitted a message or a set of messages. In order to get the favor of the various gods they worshiped, and achieve eternal life, among others.
