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Abstract thesis is entitled ”THE ARTS IN EGYPT IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE ERA”. The Art is the greatest language which is taken by the man as a way to express what is inside, through the in touched elements. The ancient Egyptian art was considered one of the most glorious arts among the ancient civilizations, and its artistic production has gained a fertile soil for the various arts, till it reached a high degree of highness that impressed the whole world. When tracing the artistic production in Egypt in different eras, it is found that the Egyptian character survived along its history, despite what has been faced from invasions and occupation, as one can find that the artist has not given up his identity so that the invaders were affected by the Egyptians, and not vice versa. With the succession of ages, till reaching the Coptic era which was characterized by its different circumstances that differentiate its work from the other works. It suffered the persecution under the Roman rule in the presence of a new religion that was strange on them. But in spite of that the Egyptian sole still found and this will be our point of focus in this research. The Coptic art appeared under hard circumstances, suffered the persecution during its early time which tried to demolish its features, which led the man to tend to what is surround as his tendency to the nature and taking from elements ( plant, animal, birds elements) its main symbolism, to be taken as a secret language between them, that couldn’t be known by the ruling category, and this was the beginning of the use of (Symbolism in Coptic art), which helped a lot in its survival for a long period of time. This hard situation stayed till the reign of the emperor Constantine and after him Theodosius, till the confession by the christian religion and taking it as the official religion of the country. from this point was the beginning of the appearance of what was known by the “Coptic art”. This art which was one of the main rings that connecting the chain of the Egyptian history. This art which was formed by the Egyptians in the Nile valley that was characterized by its public spirit, as it took its main features from the public in contrast with the Egyptian art which was the art of the ruling category. |