Many spoke about Coptic art like Zaki Hassan who defined the coptic art as "the combination between the Greek and Ancient Egyptian artistic traditions. It gave rise to the industry of folk art in Alexandria. This art was in turn the nucleus of the Coptic Art that assimilated many artistic techniques that were known in the Ancient East". In addition, Souad Maher said that the Coptic Art had "two distinct forms in the city of Alexandria, i.e, the art of the aristocratic and the art of the folks. These two forms emerged as a result of the inter-connection between the ancient Hellenistic techniques. This Alexandrine Art in turn formed the rules and principles of the Coptic Art. It was apparent that it favored depicting the men to women as one can find many depictions of male saints compared to those of female saints with the exception of the depictions of the Virgin Mary and Eve.