Identity is one of the mechanisms for expressing the culture of human societies throughout successive historical eras. The ancient Egyptian artist left us a great historical legacy by expressing the practices of daily life on the walls of temples, tombs and papyri, as this is considered a record through which he documented his cultural, social, religious, political and economic life. The imaginative form in ancient Egyptian paintings is considered a means of conveying meaning, because of the symbolic connotations it carries that help social communication between eras, and because of the semantic and ideological dimensions it presents, which formed an important pillar in the expression of human thought and cultural identity. Then the study relies on semiological analysis to interpret the connotations of the imaginary form in ancient Egyptian drawings to extract the semantic meaning and analyze the foundations of its structures, including the aesthetic and expressive values that are compatible with the trends of contemporary works of art, in order to give a deeper vision, which contributes to strengthening cultural identity. From here, we have a tremendous opportunity to re-record our human culture in a new and useful way through this visual culture. Image is a modern language that constitutes one of the most important components of contemporary culture today. It is culture, thought, economic and technological production, and not just entertainment or artistic simulation without explanation.
El Kattan, S. M. H. (2024). Semiology of the imaginary form in ancient Egyptian drawings as an approach to rooting cultural identity. Journal of Heritage and Design, 4(1), 1371-1399. doi: 10.21608/jsos.2024.316700.1646
MLA
Said Mohamed Hamdy El Kattan. "Semiology of the imaginary form in ancient Egyptian drawings as an approach to rooting cultural identity", Journal of Heritage and Design, 4, 1, 2024, 1371-1399. doi: 10.21608/jsos.2024.316700.1646
HARVARD
El Kattan, S. M. H. (2024). 'Semiology of the imaginary form in ancient Egyptian drawings as an approach to rooting cultural identity', Journal of Heritage and Design, 4(1), pp. 1371-1399. doi: 10.21608/jsos.2024.316700.1646
VANCOUVER
El Kattan, S. M. H. Semiology of the imaginary form in ancient Egyptian drawings as an approach to rooting cultural identity. Journal of Heritage and Design, 2024; 4(1): 1371-1399. doi: 10.21608/jsos.2024.316700.1646