The Influence of Colors on the Egyptian Art

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A proposal for fine art project
As a part of application for a Master in art and design
Submit for School of the Arts,
Loughborough University
Dina Amgad, Egypt 2010

Overview of the project,
This project intends to conduct a theory-practical project on “the Impact of Colors from the great pharaoh's area till the modern Egyptian art” in relation to The Influence of colors on the Egyptian art history. This research will investigate the relation between psychologies of colors in the ancient Egyptian in relation to the contemporary art practice. This literature study will be used as a base for a practical part of this investigation. The researcher would to engage in this practice to come up with new styles and forms of ancient art, yet, having same themes, motifs, and taste. By other words the researcher want to create a new layout of old Egyptian art, pairing in mind the meanings of colors from both historical point of view and from contemporary perspectives.

Introduction:
Colors were invented since the cave arts, since that time colors have turned into a great tool of communication between people; it delivered their message to others and also helped the artist to create great art works since thousands of years ago.
Six basic colors were used in Ancient Egyptian art - white, black, red, yellow, blue and green. A tiny pestle and mortar was used for grinding colors. The colors used were symbolic and all had different meanings. [1] • White - which was made from powdered limestone [2] represented purity, power and greatness, a sacred color. • Black - which was made from charcoal represented death and the night. • Red - which was made from ochre represented life and victory, death and danger. It was also used to convey anger. • Yellow - which was made from iron oxide was often used to represent gold and therefore used to convey that the subject was

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