Wall Paintings: The Tomb Of Nebamun

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Discovered in 1820 by Giovanni d’Athanasi (local agent of Henry salts; Consul of Britain) in Thebes, the tomb of Nebamun contains wall paintings of which the British museum collected 11 fragments of the different scenes depicted in these paintings. Nebamun lived around 13,000 B.C.E in the eighteen century; moreover, he was a scribe and accountant in the warehouse of divine offerings. The wall painting shows Nebamun hunting birds on a boat, and he is accompanied by his wife and daughter; In addition, Because of ancient believes in life after death, these wall paintings are a representation of preparedness for the after-life of Nebamun. Even though the clarity of his name cannot be certain due to damage on the writing of his name, it is most likely that he was…show more content…
Because the painting was done in walls, the intensity of its color it’s really low due to the wall based that makes the colors a little bit more opaque than usual. Although the painting has different sections all together in one space, the shape can be easily identified by separating each section and interpreting it separately; however, all these sections interact and combine together to become one complex and big beautiful piece of art. Furthermore, the large size of Nebamun is easily perceivable among the other objects in these wall paintings, for he is the central figure and most important character of this painting. Because the painting is in a wall, the space of this artwork can be indefinite; however, the space of this wall painting is definite enough to represent the basic activities of Nebamun to honor him in his death. The texture of this significant piece of art can be implied, for the painting was done on a wall. Therefore, it can be implied by the visual representation that the texture is rusty and very stone-like due to the mud bricks used to build the walls at that

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