clipped from: hubpages.com Ancient Egyptian art was a frequent topic of discussion and documented in many volumes of the time. David Roberts documented his early 19th century travels to Egypt and the Holy Lands with his paintings, which were extremely popular when published as bound volumes of lithographs in early Victorian England. Egyptian art was an important part of their lives at this time. Art at this time was either commissioned by kings or nobles for temples or tombs. Egyptian art was intended to convey concepts largely unrelated to the subject portrayed. A king should look like a king in art whether his real life appearance was regal or not.