Egyptian art was an important part of their lives at this time. Art at this time was either commissioned by kings or nobles for temples or tombs. They had wall paintings and statues of gods and kings in temples to serve for a spiritual purpose. Egyptians loved to be surrounded by beauty in life and in death. Egyptian art was for all intent and purposes for religious and funerary art. Colorful paintings and reliefs, which …showed first 75 words of 544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 544 total…soft limestone to paint on. “Most parts were decorated with gouache painting on the wall coating of plaster”(Lloyd 157). The pictures and models found in Egyptian tombs were connected with the idea of providing the soul with helpmates in the other world, a belief that is found in many early cultures. To us these reliefs and wall paintings provide an extraordinarily vivid picture of life as it was lived in Egypt thousands of years ago.