The artwork of Ancient Egyptians consisted of statues, pottery, jewellery, paintings, and all of them displayed similar characteristics as if made by applying the same formula, yielding comparable results. Innovation and originality were shunned, rather, creating almost exact replicas of previous masterpieces was the penultimate art.

Therefore, although the art remained beautiful and impassioned, there was nothing new in the offing for more than thousands of years. In lieu of exact depiction of a scene, symbols were used, whereas the paintings in the tombs were known to present the image of afterlife.

Since, they were so diligent in preserving the dead and supplying them with all those things they may have need for, in the afterlife, tombs were filled with pottery, palettes of cosmetics, weapons, figurines ivory carving etc. Later, the practice of creating life size or gigantic statues and sculptures of the pharaohs and gods became very popular. These were made from limestone. Paintings were not the primary art form, sculpture was.

The Aamrna period saw a shift in style and art, leading to naturalism, wherein faithful rendition of any object was carried out. For example the bust of Nefertiti in the Berlin Museum and the famous Tutenkhamen's tomb was rich, fine and intricate. There was a move to go back to the prior sombre method of art, but it did not have enough influence to sustain itself.