Ancient Egyptian Art Creation

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The olden Egyptians believed in a cosmos order and assumed that the entire natural existing had once been established when the world was created by Ptah/ God. And so god rested after all creations had been made with all divine words. There is an Egyptian scholar, John Wilson has rephrase the word divine by stated Ptah had made a system into which all elements should be in appropriate order while being created. [1]Page 7-8. The association of divine powers with animals was understandable for the ancient Egyptians. Therefore, they imagined them in many different forms, by often combining animal and human figures. As mentioned that Ptah, the appearance of gods which the ancient Egyptians worshiped manifested in many different kinds of elements that had grown out from earth. One which they have faith in Ptah, may dwells into statues and art pieces that artists and craftsmen have made. …show more content…
According to the investigations convinced us that the dominant used of geometry and proportioning schemes in Egyptians art applied to achieve the balance, harmonious and certainly ritualistic purposed. Well, the intention art or the crafts that ancient artists created was not just for esthetical demand but focused much onto every bits of details and measurements in relation to the whole, based on sacred

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