The Development of Painting from Primitive to Post-Modern: A Case Study of Egypt

Abstract

In this study, thedevelopment of painting art over long period of time from prehistory to present day was investigated. This study is limited to Egyptian painting. It goes through a sequence of art periods including: Primitive, Pharaonic, Coptic, Islamic, modern and postmodern (contemporary) arts. This study highlights the most important constant and variable features of Egyptian painting artworks (subject-artistic formulation-technique) in each period studied. Examples showing Egyptian painting artworks of these periods were presented. The characteristics of each time period and their impact on painting features were explained. The study concluded that there is a clear effect for the nature of each stage on painting artworks and their features.