"Mummies and their symbolic and expressive connotations as an entrance to enrich the figurative painting"

Abstract

he atmosphere and nature of Egypt created in the soul of the Egyptian a feeling of immortality، and born in his conscience spirituality، and a belief about the afterlife، and about the continuity of life after death. Continuity، the ancient Egyptian artist was influenced by the Baath doctrine، and by the many religious beliefs that dominated his society، and therefore he kept assuming that “the picture he engraved on the walls of the temple or the cemetery is not just lines in which artistic harmony alone should be available، but that it can turn into a realistic reality” where They believed that the soul would return again، and that he would live another life in the grave similar to his earthly life. The beliefs of the other world in the ancient Egyptian required maintaining the body intact by embalming and making offerings so that the deceased could، through his soul (the ba) and the consort (the ka)، ascend with it and become acquainted with it. The ancient Egyptian would sometimes put a golden mask on the face of the mummy، especially if it belonged to a king، as was the case with King Tutankhamon، and this mask had the same features as the face of the deceased according to their beliefs، and this mask was a natural prelude. their mummies. Research Methodology and Type of Study: The research relied on the descriptive approach based on analysis in presenting and analyzing the theoretical framework related to the study and inductive research in presenting the various concepts، which depends primarily on an analytical study of selected examples of ancient Egyptian mummies and the faces of Fayoum.