Famous Egyptian Cat Art
Last summer i remember seeing the small rectangular sarcophagus of the cat of prince.
Famous egyptian cat art. See more ideas about egyptian cats bastet egyptian. Due to these associations with gods and their usefulness to egyptians domestic cats were treated well. Many people are familiar with the idea that the ancient egyptians worshiped cats while worship may not exactly be the correct word cats were certainly sacred to the egyptians. John reinhard weguelin the obsequies of an egyptian cat 1886 auckland art gallery toi o tāmaki auckland new zealand.
Even more notable is the fact that most elements of egyptian art remained intact and stable for over 3 000 years with no significant outside influences. Jul 24 2015 explore roy scott s board cats in egyptian art on pinterest. Extensive cat burials have been found at a few sites including the site of the goddess bastet. In china many real dog snake monkey pig spider and imaginary phoenix dragon unicorn animals were noted as very important and were frequently represented in any form of fine art.
Shop unique custom made canvas prints framed prints posters tapestries and more. In fact since predynastic times egyptian cats were mummified. Cats were even associated with goddesses mafdet and bast and held as pets even mummified after death. See more ideas about egyptian art egyptian egyptian cats.
The deity mut was also depicted as a cat and in the company of a cat. Their craftsmanship mirrored their reverence for the gods and the afterlife and these ancient pieces of art clearly speak of a rich egyptian history and culture. In egyptian tombs famous depictions of companion animals stand including dogs and cats. Feb 6 2020 explore victoria mowrey s board bastet egyptian cat god followed by 196 people on pinterest.
Ancient egypt and cats. High quality egyptian cat wall art designed and sold by artists. Several ancient egyptian deities were depicted and sculptured with cat like heads such as mafdet bastet and sekhmet representing justice fertility and power. 4 extensive cat burials have been found at a few sites including about 300 000 cats at the temple of per bast the site of the goddess bastet.
This unique creative style remained practically unaltered for more than 3 000 years and can be seen in the artifacts which remain today. In fact egyptian cats were mummified since predynastic times.