Ancient Egyptian art is the arts: painting, sculpture, architecture and other products by the civilization of ancient Egypt. Considered one of the most prominent art in the ancient world, ancient Egyptian art reached a high level in painting and sculpture, and was both highly stylized and symbolic. Since then, much of the surviving art comes from tombs and monuments and it is understood that, in Egyptian art, the focus is on life after death and the preservation of knowledge of the past.
Throughout
the history of humanity has never been a clear distinction between art
and craft, nor artists were considered a separate breed, but Egyptian
craftsmen were certainly aware of their abilities and their own value and be proud of. Crafts were usually taught by his parents, neighbors or relatives. During
Greco-Roman times, there were traders who acted as masters to
apprentices, teaching them the nuances are trade and can guarantee
results. Once the transaction has been learned, it should start exercising for a living.
Artisans and craftsmen guilds, like most other guilds Egyptian workers were organized in hierarchies on top of which was as royal Parennefer supervisors, who served under Akhenaten. Imhotep - architect mythical reign of Djoser, Ineni - who designed large buildings such as Der-el-Bahri Tuthmosis I, and Puymre Hapuseneb and Senmut - which focused on the architectural firms of Queen Hatshepsut, and Bek, the proud sculptor who tells us, in the strain Gautier, he has rescued from oblivion Ikhnaton were some artisans famous and respected ancient Egypt.
To produce their objects, artisans have had to make sophisticated tools that have become over time. Each profession has its own set of tools carpenters, sculptors, stonemasons and builders, goldsmiths, workers in other metals such as iron smelters and blacksmiths, weavers, spinners and seamstresses, potters, glassblowers, surgeons and scribes. However, a large part of what the architects of ancient Egypt had to offer was out of reach for the vast majority of the population. So for the most part, Egyptian artists worked in the shadow of poverty.
Minority lucky few whose customers generally include the royal house, the nobility and the bourgeoisie constantly increasing, which could afford their products and services to varying degrees. But they were not classified higher than other artisans and craftsmen by the customers who hired. Their employers, rather than a tribute to the artists and their creations glory, exalted their own generosity, how they are fed, clothed and housed their workers.
A stele (stone tablet) found Manshiret es-Sadr, Ramses II recognize the skills and enthusiasm of the craftsmen who created a large statue of a quartzite monolith, but it also describes how he had taken into account the needs of its workers to keep them happy.