Frontalism

I find Egyptian artwork interesting to study for reasons despite its formal and organized design elements: One is called Frontalism; the particular way in which Egyptians depicted humans in their artwork. The other, is the beautiful patterning they used. This reflects their relationship to the environment and their spiritual belief system. It is sometimes difficult to think about these artifacts as "artwork" when you compare it to other wonderful examples of artwork later in history. But interestingly, Egyptian art was not meant to be seen by others at all. The designs and patterning were created for the deceased as they journeyed into the afterlife. Often images like flowers were used in symbolic ways to represent, for example new life and rebirth.(http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/egyptian-art-an-introduction.html pg.1)

Please watch the video below to understand more about this unique technique done by this fascinating ancient people group.



We will be using real papyrus paper in class for our artwork this week. Watch this video on how papyrus paper is still being made in Egypt.