A wall painting from the tomb of an ancient Egyptian nobleman named Nebamun. The tomb was built circa. 1400 B.C. and is near Thebes.
The painting shows a man hunting birds on a small boat with a woman and a girl in the marshes. On the middle part of the painting, we can see a man, Nebamun standing in perfect balance on a light boat. He is wearing princely collar and fine kitt and his right hand captured 3 blue birds, the other hand holding a throw-stick. There is a woman on the left side of the painting; she is Nebamun’s wife, Hatsheput. She is standing on the right side of Nebamun and look at him. She dressed formal banquet and has wigs.
Besides that, there is a girl whom faces to Hatsheput and sit below Nebamun, she is Nebamun’s daughter. She is seated with 1 arm, grabbing strong leg of Nebamun and her left hand pickling the lotus flower. On the left bottom part of the painting, we can see some scaly and shiny fishes. Moreover, we can also see a tawny cat which has gilded eyes, catching 3 birds among the papyrus stem, on the right side of man, middle part of the painting.
There are also 4 red and white Plain Tiger butterflies flying on the painting, 2 are on the right side of Nebamun’s hand, the other 2 are on the right side of Nebamun’s leg. Furthermore, we can see 2 types of flower in the painting, which is lotus flower and papyrus. Lotus flower is located on the middle bottom part of the painting, which Nebamun’s daughter left hand pickling whereas papyrus is located on the left side of the painting, which got some birds are breeding on top and some birds are standing on top. There are many birds located on the left top part and also left bottom part of painting.
On the left top part of the painting, there are 3 white-blue birds captured by Nebamun and the other 1 is breeding on the nest. The orange bird with green-black wings did not realise something is happening. Besides that, orange bird with blue-white wings and also the green-black bird with grey wings are trying to escape. On the other hand, on the left bottom part of the painting got orange bird with black-white wing catches by cat’s front leg while a yellow bird with red face and black-white wing is bite by the cat. There are also an orange bird with black-white wings did not realise something is happening while a black-white bird is captured by the back leg of the cat.
In addition, the elements used in this painting include texture (repetition, pattern), line (horizontal), colour (yellow, white, orange, brown, blue, and black), shape (2D), value (decorative), and space (fractional).
Besides that, there is a girl whom faces to Hatsheput and sit below Nebamun, she is Nebamun’s daughter. She is seated with 1 arm, grabbing strong leg of Nebamun and her left hand pickling the lotus flower. On the left bottom part of the painting, we can see some scaly and shiny fishes. Moreover, we can also see a tawny cat which has gilded eyes, catching 3 birds among the papyrus stem, on the right side of man, middle part of the painting.
There are also 4 red and white Plain Tiger butterflies flying on the painting, 2 are on the right side of Nebamun’s hand, the other 2 are on the right side of Nebamun’s leg. Furthermore, we can see 2 types of flower in the painting, which is lotus flower and papyrus. Lotus flower is located on the middle bottom part of the painting, which Nebamun’s daughter left hand pickling whereas papyrus is located on the left side of the painting, which got some birds are breeding on top and some birds are standing on top. There are many birds located on the left top part and also left bottom part of painting.
On the left top part of the painting, there are 3 white-blue birds captured by Nebamun and the other 1 is breeding on the nest. The orange bird with green-black wings did not realise something is happening. Besides that, orange bird with blue-white wings and also the green-black bird with grey wings are trying to escape. On the other hand, on the left bottom part of the painting got orange bird with black-white wing catches by cat’s front leg while a yellow bird with red face and black-white wing is bite by the cat. There are also an orange bird with black-white wings did not realise something is happening while a black-white bird is captured by the back leg of the cat.
In addition, the elements used in this painting include texture (repetition, pattern), line (horizontal), colour (yellow, white, orange, brown, blue, and black), shape (2D), value (decorative), and space (fractional).
When we observe Ancient Egyptian art we see a kind of different distorted technique used by the artist. This form of depiction is commonly found in the artworks of this era, and it is very interesting. What makes Ancient Egyptian art interestingly different is that we see different poses in one figure, as in the painting found on the walls on the tomb of the artist Nebamon, to the left. The portrayed figure is hunting for fowl, and as he takes action we see his torso and left hand from the front, while he is facing left, his feet are also displayed from side view. Even more interesting is the position of his right hand, we see this hand in a weird angle from the back.
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