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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Ancient EGYPT: Gift of the Nile. The Palette of King Narmer , c. 3100-3000 BCE, slate.

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Egyptian Art

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  1. Egyptian Art

  2. Ancient EGYPT:Gift of the Nile

  3. The Palette of King Narmer, c. 3100-3000 BCE, slate

  4. Early Dynastic –3100 BCE Palette of NarmerOld Kingdom— 2700– 2200 BCEStep Pyramid of DjosherPyramids of GizaSphinxStatue of Menkaure and QueenSeated Scribe (Kai?)Ti Watching Hippo HuntMiddle Kingdom - 2000

  5. unification of Lower and Upper Egypt/ hierarchical proportion/ Horus (a human-armed falcon), Seth, Osiris, and Isis

  6. other representations of the king/ Hathor/ ceremonial use of a utilitarian object

  7. Attention to Appearance

  8. The Creation of the Heaven and the Earth, Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtasheru, c. 1025 BCE

  9. Egyptian Gods

  10. Imhotep. The Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser (Zoser), c. 2675-2625 BCE, Saqqara

  11. King Djosher False Door

  12. Top: Ba bird from the Valley of the Kings, tomb of Tutankhamun, c. 1325 BCEBottom:Scarab pendant from the Valley of the Kings, tomb of Tutankhamun, c. 1325 BCE

  13. Egyptian gylphs symbolizing (left to right) life (the ankh), stability (the djed pillar), beauty, joy, and protection

  14. the ka and the ba/ mummification and canopic jars/ scarabs and other amulets

  15. mastaba and serdab/ necropolis/ stepped pyramid

  16. first known instance of using columns in recorded history- Imhotep/ sed rituals and the priesthood

  17. The Great Pyramids at Gizeh, 2600=2475 BCEben-ben (compare with ziggurat)/Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure/ Re/ celestial orientation

  18. theories on the construction/ tiny interior spaces

  19. Seated statue of Hemiunu (Gizeh) c. 2580 BCE, painted limestone

  20. The Great Sphinx (Gizeh), c. 2575-2525 BCE, sandstoneimage of absolute kingship/ eternal guardian (tutelary)/ association of the nose with the life force

  21. Khafre (Gizeh), c. 2575-2525 BCE, dioritepermanence of material/ intertwined lotus and papyrus/ Old Kingdom kilt/ canon of ideal proportions/ “block-like” characteristics/ subtractive method of carving

  22. Menkaure and Khamerernebty (Gizeh), c. 2490-2472 BCE, slate

  23. Triad of Menkaure with the goddess Hathor and the personifcation of the 7th Upper Egyptian nome (Gizeh), c. 2460 BCE, slate

  24. Left: Bust of the vizier Ankh-haf (Gizeh), c. 2500 BCE, painted limestoneRight: Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret (Maidum), c. 2570 BCE, painted limestone

  25. Seated scribe (Saqqara), c.2450-2350 BCE, painted limestoneuse of increased realism in subordinate figures/ accounts by Herodotus

  26. Ka-Aper (Saqqara), c. 2450-2350 BCE, wood

  27. The Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE, basalt

  28. Relief of Hesire (Saqqara), c. 2675-2625 BCE, woodhieroglyphics and the Rosetta Stone/ Jean-Francois Champollion/ conceptual vs. optical approach/ twisting perspective and the use of a grid

  29. Ti Watching a Hippopotamus hunt, relief in the mastaba of Ti (Saqqara), c. 2450-2350 BCE, painted limestone

  30. False door from the tomb of Iyka (Saqqara) c. 2450 BCE, wood

  31. Rock cut Tombs (Beni Hasan), c. 2000-1900 BCEconstant threats to power

  32. greater focus of interior of tombs/ sarcophagi/ fluted columns and a portico

  33. Left: Relief depicting Amun receiving Sesostris IRight: The “White Chapel” of Sesostris I (Karnak), c. 1925 BCE, limestone (where the relief is found)

  34. Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re in the White Chapel at Karnak, Thebes, c.1930 BCE, limestone Senwosret I led

  35. Why is there a PREDYNASTIC and an EARLY DYNASTIC period to Egyptian History, instead of just Old, Middle & New?Why is the southern part of Egypt referred to as "Upper Egypt", and vice versa?Who was Imhotep, and what made him so special?Explain the similarities and differences between the ziggurat of Saqqara versus those in Mesopotamia.How did the Egyptians' belief in afterlife affect the creation of the pyramids?Egyptian architectural history seems preoccupied with tombs and burial. What are the chief concerns of Mesopotamian architecture?Looking at the statues of Khafra and Menkaure, describe what the ideal Old Kingdom Ruler should look like.What made Amenhotep IV's (New Dynasty) religion so different than anything before it?

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