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[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egypt-art/beginners-guide-egypt/a/materials-techniques by Khan Academy] | [https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egypt-art/beginners-guide-egypt/a/materials-techniques by Khan Academy] | ||
Egyptian artists used a wide array of materials, both local and imported, from very early in their history. For instance, already in the Predynastic period, we find figurines carved from lapis lazuli—a lustrous blue stone that originates in what is now Afghanistan and indicates the early presence of robust trade routes. | Egyptian artists used a wide array of materials, both local and imported, from very early in their history. For instance, already in the Predynastic period, we find figurines carved from lapis lazuli—a lustrous blue stone that originates in what is now Afghanistan and indicates the early presence of robust trade routes. | ||
=====On the Status and Purposes of Ancient Egyptian Art===== | |||
[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/abs/on-the-status-and-purposes-of-ancient-egyptian-art/F0417E0A4D4041C39D3A949513715C7C by John Baines 22/12/08 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS] | |||
No term in the ancient Egyptian language corresponds neatly with Western usages of ‘art’, and Egyptologists have often argued that there is no such thing as ‘Egyptian art’. Yet aesthetically organized structures and artefacts constitute the majority of evidence from Egypt, a legacy created mainly for a small élite. | |||
