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\u003Cbr>LIBRARIES  \u003Cbr>REFERENCE  \u003Cbr>LIBRARY  \u003Cbr>ST.MARTIN’S STREET  \u003Cbr>W.C.2  \u003Cbr>Fine Arts  \u003Cbr>Library   |\n| --- |\n\n√  \n11  \nANCIENT EGYPTIANPAINTING  \nHALLWAG BERNE  \nSince Ancient Egyptian names may be written in manydifferent ways,the spelling used in the Catalogue of theBritish Museum has been adopted wherever possible.Thediacritic marks have,however,been omitted.  \n759·32  \n754032  \nR  \n201527  \nOR BIS PICTUS  \n1969  \nCopyright Hallwag Ltd.Berne  \nPhotographs A.Skira,reprodaction and printingHallwag Berne SwitzerlandEnglish translation by Britta M.Charleston  \nAncient Egyptian painting spans the years between approxi-mately 2700-1220 B.C.,a period of some I5oo years.In asimilar time-span,the Christian art ofthe Westpassed throughall the changes of style from the early Christian era,throughthe Romanesque and Gothic periods,to the Renaissance.An evolution of this kind is not found in Egyptian painting.It certainly underwent changes,namely,from the archaictradition to relative freedom,which often displayed greatcharm,to an equally relative and almost Baroque mannerism.There is no doubt that stylistic characteristics do result,butthey are perceptible practically only to the expert,since theyare disguised by something that they all have in common.Also,they remain within a wide stylistic framework,whichcomprises all the visual changes,and so give this painting analmost uniform appearance.The plates in this book showboth this typical uniformity and also the differences,oftenvery subtle,within its various phases.  \nThe principal characteristics of Ancient Egyptian paintingare the following:I.its stylistic uniformity,which always per-sists,in spite of all the differences and variations,and whichlater frequently even gropes back to the archaic early art;2.its strict emphasis on the wall as a flat surface,i.e.the willalways to remain two-dimensional,even when scenes thatsuggest the impression of space are to be depicted,and 3.itsalmost exclusive subordination to religious,or cult,purposes  \nThe Ancient Egyptian works of art are among the oldestin the Mediterranean world.No paintings have been pre-served from the earliest period,extending up to c.2800 B.C.The oldest extant painting dates back to the Fourth Dynastyand was executed somewhere around the year 265o B.C.Nothing of what is generally styled the Early Period,Pri-mitivism,or some similar term,in connection with othercultures,is to be found here.It is a style that is simple andsevere,yet already perfectly mature.It is,as it were,thetuning-fork for the entire i50o years of Egyptian paintingthat were to follow,for the wall-paintings in the tomb ofItet at Medum (the chief extant work of the early period,Plate I)laid down artistic principles and a philosophical con-ception of the world that were preserved unchanged until theend of the period of indigenous Egyptian art.  \nThe painters and sculptors studied with great care notonly animal forms but also the human body,both clothed andin the nude.The light clothing allowed a perfect knowledgeof the outlines and the movements of the body,but-andthis is of prime importance for the understanding of Ancient  \n3  \nEgyptian painting-this awareness was never used to achievea sense of perspective or three-dimensional effects,but thepainting remained strictly flat,that is to say,two-dimensional.Clearly defined laws of style were developed,and these re-mained binding for thousands of years.  \nThus,Egyptian painting remained true under all circum-stances to its flat style,laid down at the beginning of the OldKingdom at the latest.The painters even considered thisconception orthodox.That is why they avoided,almost tothe last,showing figures full-face,but adhered to the pureprofile.The figures therefore generally give the impressionof being projected on to a neutral background.Accordingto the later Western conception of art,not every aspect ofan action or of 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