A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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Creativity in Visual Arts
For this chapter, “art” refers more or less to all the visual evidence attested for Egypt, even if for many, the term “visual arts” primarily conjures up funerary art, including burial goods, mummy masks, portraits, coffins, shrouds, tomb architecture, and decoration. Identity depends on one's situation, both in life and in death, and is to a certain extent negotiable. The chapter focuses on some trends in different areas of the cross‐cultural visual legacy. The Egyptian temples of the Greco‐Roman Period were not only architecturally sophisticated, but also decorated in very complex ways according to specific principles of decoration. The Ptolemies not only adopted the presentation of Hellenistic rulers, but also became Egyptian pharaohs, appropriating pharaonic traditions and styles, as can most clearly be seen in the Egyptian temples. By the fifth century, pagan cults were largely outlawed and Christianity was in plain sight, with the great churches and monasteries dominating the landscape.
Creativity in Visual Arts
For this chapter, “art” refers more or less to all the visual evidence attested for Egypt, even if for many, the term “visual arts” primarily conjures up funerary art, including burial goods, mummy masks, portraits, coffins, shrouds, tomb architecture, and decoration. Identity depends on one's situation, both in life and in death, and is to a certain extent negotiable. The chapter focuses on some trends in different areas of the cross‐cultural visual legacy. The Egyptian temples of the Greco‐Roman Period were not only architecturally sophisticated, but also decorated in very complex ways according to specific principles of decoration. The Ptolemies not only adopted the presentation of Hellenistic rulers, but also became Egyptian pharaohs, appropriating pharaonic traditions and styles, as can most clearly be seen in the Egyptian temples. By the fifth century, pagan cults were largely outlawed and Christianity was in plain sight, with the great churches and monasteries dominating the landscape.
Creativity in Visual Arts
Vandorpe, Katelijn (editor) / Minas‐Nerpel, Martina (author)
2019-03-21
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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