How did the Egyptians\' beliefs about the afterlife influence their art and arch

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How did the Egyptians' beliefs about the afterlife influence their art and architecture?

Discuss the change from the Old Kingdom tombs to the New Kingdom tombs.

How are the Egyptian burial beliefs and traditions similar or different than ours today? If you were to be buried with your possessions, what objects would you choose and why?

Compare and contrast the sculpture Seated Scribe with the statue of Khafre.

Describe the Narmer Palette and discuss how it illustrates the Egyptian preoccupation with strict representational conventions.

Discuss Timothy Hull's Accelerated Ruin and its relationship to ancient Egyptian architecture.

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Egyptians believed that there is after life and thus do influenced a lot on their art and architecture. For example Nile river which is providing them all the resources are considered holy and is shown in most of their arts apart from this they worshipped sun and this also is shown in the grave stone. Everything which is sacred to them or which is providing them with life and prosperity were mentioned in their arts. Apart from their monuments are also build to shown the influence of afterlife. Even their tombs were built to preserve the souls of the deceased in the afterlife.

The old kingdom was from 2649-2150 BC, the old kingdom is famous for the pyramids and it evolved from mastabas to step pyramid which is basically a geometric form. During the new kingdom amazing temples in Nubia were built. Tombs of this period were really impressive and the temples were built in hypo style.

Their burial style was because of their beliefs that the things that were kept in while biting someone will make those entitles available to them in the after life. If I have given a chance then I’ll take my laptop with me that’s it.

Statues of Khafre present in valley temple of Khafre expresses the pharaoh's eternal power and greatness through symbolism and the choice of material while Seated Scribe that is found near the tomb of Kai shows the ordinariness yet permanence of his profession in a more life-like and natural fashion using more ordinary materials.

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