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Which of the following modes of expression best characterizes the paintings found on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs?
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Realism
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Symbolism
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Surrealism
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Expressionism

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Symbolism.

Egyptian tomb paintings use strict conventions (composite view, hieratic scale, symbolic colors and motifs) to represent ideas, rituals, and the afterlife rather than to reproduce naturalistic, emotional, or dreamlike realism.