Country Research

1. EGYPT
Presented by-
Anchal Kumari
FP-3

2. EGYPT
• Egypt is a country located in the northeastern
corner of Africa.
• Egypt’s heartland, the Nile River valley and
delta, was the home of one of the principal
civilizations of the ancient Middle East
• A huge part of Egypt’s territory is a desert
therefore the country depends on the Nile for
its water supply. Herodotus, a Greek historian,
named the region "the Gift of River Nile"
because Ancient Egypt owed its survival to the
Nile.

3. EGYPTIAN ART AESTHETICS
• Egyptian design was based upon a mix
of traditional and contemporary styles,
and mixed decorative style with function
and purpose. Art Deco also did this by
mixing not only Egyptian styles but the
styles of other ancient cultures as well
as the functionality and precision of
modern design. Whilst Egyptian design
was a hybrid of designs from the
cultures and peoples that were
dominated by the ancient Egyptians, so
Art Deco was a mixture of the
traditional and the modern from all over
the world.
• GEOMERTRIC,PATTERN ; SAMPLE;AINCENT
EGYPTIAN; COPTIC;CHRISTIAN;
ISLAMIC;PROJECT; CONTEMPORARY; CRAFT
are the keywords of Egyptian aesthetic

4. The 1920’s and the 1930’s
were the start of a new era
for feminine style after the
austere fashions of the early
1900’s. Egypt, with its female
gods and female ruling
figures, is seen as a
barometer of classic feminine
elegance and style. Therefore,
many of the fashion styles
and interpretations of Egypt
at the time were based on
this idea of femininity.

5. COLOUR THEORY
Egyptian painters relied on six colors in their palette:
RED: The color of power, indicated life and victory,
plus anger and fire
GREEN: Symbolized new life, growth, and fertility
BLUE: Represented creation and rebirth
YELLOW: Stood for the eternal, such as the sun and
gold. Yellow was the color of Ra and of all the
pharaohs, which is why their sarcophagi were
constructed from gold to symbolize the everlasting
and eternal pharaoh who was now a god.
WHITE: Represented purity, symbolized all things
sacred, and were usually used in religious objects
used by priests
BLACK : The color of death and symbolized the
underworld and the night.

6. ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
This Egyptian Bowl shows the element of
line, both straight and curved. The lines on
the outside create a border, and the lines
become more free-form as you look into the
center of the bowl, eventually creating fish.
EOD: LINE
EOD: FORM
This piece is a three-
dimensional form. It is
geometric instead of organic
and is not abstract in anyway.

7. EOD: COLOR
This small amulet immediately draws one's
eye due to the brilliant color in the piece.
This particular god was supposed to
protect women during childbirth, so the
choice of blue makes sense as it is
supposed to be a calming color.
EOD: TEXTURE
This sculpture uses texture to show the wing and
feathers of the bird depicted, through texture the
artist was able to create the illusion.
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

8. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
The hieroglyphs also appear
symmetrical to the untrained eye,
although they actually mean two
different things, both referring to
Anubis, the Egyptian god of the
afterlife who had the head of a
jackal.
POD: PATTERN
Egyptian art always have nearly the exact
same proportions, with broad shoulders
and a muscular upper body invariably
turned to the side, as well as strong legs
which point forward.
POD: PROPORTION
POD:BALANCE
This vessel is not exactly
symmetrical, but it is balanced. By
creating the patterns by hand,
there is some difference in each
segment of the vase, but the
irregularities clearly balance each
other out.

9. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
The lines create the illusion of
the rhythm of a wave. Each
line has its own linear rhythm
and that contributes to the
overall "wave" effect of the
piece.
The emphasis of this piece is
clearly the red on top of the
figure's head, which
contrasts with the blues and
neutrals of the figure's body
POD:EMPHASIS POD:RHYTHM
Though his feet are broken
now, this statuette of Amun-
Re was clearly meant to
exemplify movement. He is
mid-step.
POD:MOVEMENT