Famous Egyptian Cat Art
Cats were even associated with goddesses mafdet and bast and held as pets even mummified after death.
Famous egyptian cat art. Due to these associations with gods and their usefulness to egyptians domestic cats were treated well. Ancient egypt and cats. Last summer i remember seeing the small rectangular sarcophagus of the cat of prince. 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.
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. Due to these associations with gods and their usefulness to egyptians domestic cats were treated well. See more ideas about egyptian cats bastet egyptian. Extensive cat burials have been found at a few sites including the site of the goddess bastet.
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. See more ideas about egyptian art egyptian egyptian cats. Cats in ancient egypt were represented in social and religious practices of ancient egypt for more than 3 000 years. Several ancient egyptian deities were depicted and sculptured with cat like heads such as mafdet bastet and sekhmet representing justice fertility and power.
This unique creative style remained practically unaltered for more than 3 000 years and can be seen in the artifacts which remain today. 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. Jul 24 2015 explore roy scott s board cats in egyptian art on pinterest. John reinhard weguelin the obsequies of an egyptian cat 1886 auckland art gallery toi o tāmaki auckland new zealand.
Shop unique custom made canvas prints framed prints posters tapestries and more. In egyptian tombs famous depictions of companion animals stand including dogs and cats. Ancient egyptian art has an almost 5 000 year old history and boasts many extremely symbolic and fascinating paintings and sculptures. In fact since predynastic times egyptian cats were mummified.
The deity mut was also depicted as a cat and in the company of a cat. Feb 6 2020 explore victoria mowrey s board bastet egyptian cat god followed by 196 people on pinterest.