Arts and Crafts in Egypt
Egypt - Ras El Sudr - Marsa Alam - Luxor - Hurghada - Aswan - Alexandria - Abu Simbel - Sharm el Sheikh
Arts and Crafts in Egypt comprises of lots of activities that are related to making things with hands. Some arts have been practiced from the ancient times while some of them are the outcome of modernization.
Egyptian arts and crafts refer to the style of painting, sculpture and traditional crafts that developed in the lower Nile Valley during the great Egyptian civilization. Egyptian art and craft was religious in nature because of Egyptian civilization.
Clear and simple lines along with the combination of simple shapes and flat areas were the common features that dominated ancient Egyptian art. Ancient Egyptian artist mainly preferred use of lines to display the correct proportions in their work. Middle Kingdom period of Egypt history was the golden period of Egyptian arts development.
Symbolism had also played a major role in ancient Egyptian art development. Beside of symbols used for gods and Pharaohs, animals were also highly recommended symbolic figures in Egyptian art. Use of color also played significant part in establishing sense of order. Blue and green color was used for representing Nile River and life while yellow stood for the Sun god. Red was the color of power and vitality.
A major contribution in art is of Pottery that is one of the valuable art form from the archaeological point of view. Most of the pottery remains were buried in the burial chambers of the dead. It was the customary tradition of Egypt to craft cones of pottery on the walls of the tombs on which were engraved the legends associated with the dead occupants of tombs.
One more class of Egyptian art and craft was sculpture art form. Massive and magnificent statues were built that represent Egyptian gods and famous kings and queens. Egyptian artists followed very strict pattern while crafting sculpture. Male statues were darker than the female statues. While crafting seated statues utter care was shown in making hands, as they were required to be placed on the knees. Specific rules governed in case of gods' sculptures.
