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Ancient Egyptian art emerged 3,000 years ago in the culture of ancient Egypt in the Nile Valley. The ancient Egyptians expressed in their paintings and sculpture an art form intended to record their history with systems of sophisticted symbols.

Geometric regularity, keen observation and exact representation of life and nature, and strict conformity to a set of rules regarding representation of three dimensional forms dominated the character and style of the art of ancient Egypt. Completeness and exactness were preferred to prettiness and cosmetic representation.

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The Winged Victory of Samothrace, was created in 200 BC in commemoration of a Greek naval victory at Rhodes. (Paris: Louvre)

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The Blue Boy, painted 1770

…that the first professional African-American and Native American sculptor was Edmonia Lewis?

…that the sōsaku hanga—creative prints— art movement in early 20th century Japan, during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, helped revitalize ukiyo-e by applying Western concepts of art to the traditional Japanese style?

…that Thomas Gainsborough painted The Blue Boy mainly to prove to his chief rival Joshua Reynolds that it was possible to use the color blue as the central color of a portrait?

…that many culturally significant sites of Australian Aboriginal art have been gradually desecrated and destroyed by encroachment of early settlers and modern-day visitors?

…that the original historical meaning of the word cartoon is a full-size drawing made on paper as a study for a further artwork?

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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
    —Francis Bacon

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