Singers of Pharaoh

by Valentina Kondrashova

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$3,700

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96.000 x 57.000 x 5.000 cm.

Title

Singers of Pharaoh

Artist

Valentina Kondrashova

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

MUSIC OF EGYPT by VALENTINA KONDRASHOVA.

Belongs to the Galery RUSSIAN ARTISTS NEW WAVE.

Music played a very important part in the highly developed social and cultural country of Ancient Egypt. In Egypt instruments were usually identified with the primary deities such as Hathor, Isis and Sekhmet and these deities would often be shown playing musical instruments such as the sistrum, drum and menit. Whether out in the street, in the temple, the palace or tombs music was part of many events, whether for religious, celebratory or pure entertainment purposes. It�s believed that rhythmic music was used in most Egyptian religious practices such as liturgy, rituals and processions and the pictorial evidence shows that many musicians were women. During the new Kingdom these females were highly trained and employed by large temples as priestesses and were known by the name "sem'ayt. Usually they were the wives or daughters of the priests and began to hold such titles as, Song-stress of Amun. These women became quite powerful in their own right, holding high positions close to Pharaoh with the highest musician bearing the title Chief of the Singers of Pharaoh.

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