Drawing Ancient Egyptian Cat Art
The ancient egyptians revered cats of all kinds and honoured them in their art.
Drawing ancient egyptian cat art. The same way virtosu chooses the curled up pose the essence of the cat s character that represents causality relaxedness and grandiosity. Statuary was created and placed for a specific reason and the same is true for any other kind of art. From servals to the mighty lion cats were seen as powerful forces for both protection and destruction. Get 10 free shutterstock images pick10free.
To show an object not from one point of view but from the combination of different perspectives that makes it the most recognizable. In ancient egypt domesticated cats were useful for getting rid of vermin like rats mice and snakes especially cobras. The wall painting from the tomb of inher kha which shows the sun god battling apep is from the new kingdom which is considered to be the time period in which the cat achieved full apotheosis in. This drawing lesson also has art appreciation images and questions.
Choose your favorite egyptian cat drawings from millions of available designs. All egyptian cat drawings ship within 48 hours and include a 30 day money back guarantee. Since the sun god ra was the greatest enemy of apep apophis the evil cobra god of darkness it makes since to me that cats would be associated with ra. Egyptian art followed the principle of the engineering design.
Egyptian cat art. The concept of art for art s sake was unknown and further would have. Most downloads size popular. Egyptian cat art is interesting for me on the level of what cat breed is being portrayed in the numerous artifacts from ancient egypt and how did they treat their cats.
See more ideas about egyptian ancient egypt egyptian history. According to their mythology the sacred cats of ancient egypt took many forms from domestic statuettes to depictions of their many deities who were thought to take different feline forms. The practical stuff as opposed to the art. Your kiddos can learn how to draw an ancient egyptian boat using lines and shapes.