Egyptian and Greek art styles are both similar and different. Both served different purposes in the two societies.
In Egypt, the art was used for many purposes. The Egyptian people believed in life after death and believed that the items they made had certain powers and served a great purpose to their lives. Items also helped them connect to the dead.
This is a photo of a Egyptian statue of an Offering Bearer from the period of the Middle Kingdom. The statue stands 112 cm tall and is made of wood. The woman is presented with her left foot forward, which was common in Egyptian statues. She's holding a duck by it's wing in her right hand and carrying a basket filled with meat on her head. This statue was found in a hidden chamber in the tomb of chief Steward Meketre. Because this statue is made wearing many jewels and a dress with feather patterns, which is associated with goddesses, it can be concluded that this statue is a companion of the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. These two goddesses are the funerary goddesses and protect the deceased. It is assumed that this statue held the basket of meat and the duck to be offered to the deceased chief it was buried with.
Greek art was used more to tell a story and show how the Greeks thought humans were the physical form of perfection. Greek art was often precise and extremely accurate to real life.
This is a Greek statue of a wounded warrior from the Mid-Imperial period. The statue stands 220.98 cm tall and is made of marble. This statue is a warrior who previously held a shield in his left hand and presumably a spear in his right. It is thought by some that this is the Greek hero Protesilaos who was the first to step on Trojan soil. Later, the statue was interpreted again to be a fallen warrior falling backward, due to an injury found in the right armpit.
Though Egyptian and Greek art styles served very different purposes, they also served some similar ones. Egyptian art sometimes was put on a wall and told a story. This is similar to what some Greek art did.
