I really enjoy the style of ancient Egyptian architecture and design. They incorporate a lot of elements of nature in their wall murals, which I'm a huge fan of. I've also recently become really fond of acacia wood, I find it to be really beautiful in it's current day applications, so I think it's really awesome to see something that I enjoy so much now, being used thousands of years ago. Also, I think a lot of people think of lots of gold and gaudy furniture when thinking of ancient Egypt due to depictions in film, but this image of a chair belonging to Queen Hetepheres shows that more modest woods were used, even for royalty.
An example of nature being depicted in a mural:
Various Egyptian furniture
Present day application for Acacia wood (my favorite cutting board!)
Modern day (really hideous) nature inspired mural
While I was focusing on what I have learned from past, you were focusing on current application, which I thought it is very important for us in History class to tie back then to today. On top of that, great design that you customized your page.
ReplyDeleteI discussed your blog post here: http://history1mlh.blogspot.com/2014/01/ancient-civilizations-discussion.html
ReplyDeleteGreat description of the Egyptian culture, I like how you talk about specific designs and how its used in the furnishings.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your post and how you not only related things to modern design and architecture but to your own life. I though it was really interesting. You made a lot of good points and had good pictures too.
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