In general, Post-Impressionism led away from a naturalistic approach and toward the two major movements of early 20th-century art that superseded it: Cubism and Fauvism, which sought to evoke emotion through color and line.
Ancient Egyptians studied the life cycle of the scarab and believed that the scarab experienced rebirth through its stages of metamorphoses. It is believed that the mummy's linen shroud is an imitation of the scarab's pupa and is meant to protect the body until it is reborn.
