A common nature scene seen in these funerary tombs are of netting fowl. In the painting: Frieze of the Geese from the tomb of the Prince Nefermaat and his wife Itet at maydum, the artist puts a lot of detail into the depiction of the geese making it “seem to have been of …show more content…
In many Egyptian paintings and structures there can be found symbols of nature and natural processes. Painted on the tomb wall of Nefermaat, the geese are delicately rendered with precision. The simple yet elegant birds project a feeling of harmony with nature between the artist and subjects. In Egyptian art, the animal can be seen as a god, or merely as a source of food, but always portrayed with care and attention to the details of nature. In this particular scene, the animals (geese) are seen as elements to illuminate the tomb with nature’s best and with the Egyptian culture to hunt the birds with