The first answer is very
comprehensive.
I would add that the Egyptian design style
for wall paintings and paintings on papyrus illustrates their fear of the unknown. Every
space is filled and the surface is layered with "registers" or lines upon which the
images are standing, sitting or carefully arranged. This approach has been analyzed to
mean that their culture feared unknown spaces, unknown endings, and they had ways to
handle this fear for the citizens.
The Egyptian literature
is very entwined with the art work since much of both depend upon the symbols and the
hieroglyphics used. Few Egyptians could use or read the hieroglyphics so the symbols
were very important to convey meaning.
The materials used
and the colors applied were also full of meaning for these art forms. Gold, lapis
lazuli, and gems were to imply wealth and importance while the different colors used for
the skin indicated gender.
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