The Ancient Egyptians had many art forms. One of these was painting. The Egyptians used a style that we now know as perspective. This is a style in which the three dimensional, real life objects are shown on a two dimensional plane that is shallower than the original. The Egyptians used this method to depict objects and their surroundings independently of one another and in the direction that best presents most of their characteristic features. For example, the Egyptians often show the head and legs of a figure in profile, while the eye and torso are shown from the front. This produces an effect that the objects and thir surroundings have been compressed within a shallow space behind the picture plane. The Egyptians show many things in their paintings. Some show scenes of daily life of regular people and the lives of pharaohs. The paintings also tell stories of the gods with the use of hieroglyphics.
Another art form of the ancient Egyptians is mosaic glass. The Egyptians invented this glassware, which is made by fusing together pieces of differently colored glass. Dating to 15th century B.C., the Egyptians made vases in this style by wrapping rods of different colored glass which was softened by heating around a core of sand and dung. Later on, the Egyptians colored glass rods to make composite canes which were then cut into cross-sections and produced pattern pieces. The pieces could then be fused into sheets that were reheated and formed into molds. When glassblowing was invented in the first century B.C., mosaic glassware was produced by decorating the surface of hot blown glass with chips of colored glass. The glass was then reheated and re-blown.
The Ancient Egyptians had many art forms. One of these was painting. The Egyptians used a style that we now know as perspective. This is a style in which the three dimensional, real life objects are shown on a two dimensional plane that is shallower than the original. The Egyptians used this method to depict objects and their surroundings independently of one another and in the direction that best presents most of their characteristic features. For example, the Egyptians often show the head and legs of a figure in profile, while the eye and torso are shown from the front. This produces an effect that the objects and thir surroundings have been compressed within a shallow space behind the picture plane. The Egyptians show many things in their paintings. Some show scenes of daily life of regular people and the lives of pharaohs. The paintings also tell stories of the gods with the use of hieroglyphics.