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Egyptian Art 3000 to 1000 b.c.e. Egyptian Art. Literate culture – hieroglypics Emphasis on death and the afterlife Pharoahs associated with gods Large mortuary complexes Painted tombs Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom. The Palette of King Narmer , c. 3100-3000 BCE, slate.
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Egyptian Art • Literate culture – hieroglypics • Emphasis on death and the afterlife • Pharoahs associated with gods • Large mortuary complexes • Painted tombs • Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
The Great Pyramids at Gizeh, 2600-2475 BCEben-ben associated with the god Re/ Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure/ covered with limestone
Nemes Khafre (Gizeh), c. 2575-2525 BCE, dioriteidealized pharaoh, carved in diorite, with Horus/ intertwined papyrus and lotus/ throne with lion imagery/ attributes of pharaoh (Old Kingdom kilt, ceremonial beard, nemes, uraeus)/ canon of ideal proportions expressed in a pose of calm and stability/ subtractive method/ high relief Uraeus
Seated scribe (Saqqara), c.2450-2350 BCE, painted limestoneuse of increased realism in subordinate figures/ role of the scribe in Egyptian culture
Statuette of a Hippopotamus (known as "William") ca. 1981-1885 B.C.E.; Dynasty 12; Middle Kingdom, Egyptian; Middle Egypt, Meir, Faience; H. 4 3/8 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Model of a Riverboat, ca. 1985 B.C.E.; Dynasty 12, Middle Kingdom, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Senmut. Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir-el Bahri), c. 1473-1458 BCE
Left: Figure of Hatshepsut enthroned, c. 1470 BCE, limestoneQueen Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh/ Senmut (or Senenmut)/ Thutmose III, a nephew and stepson of Hatshepsut
colonnades on multiple levels/ reliefs of a voyage to Punt and a divine birth/ a cliff backdrop separating the temple from the Valley of the Kings
Colossal figures of Ramses located both outside the temple and inside (atlantids)
Left: Temple of Nefertari at Abu SimbulRight: mummy of Ramses II
Left: Statue of Ramses II atTemple at LuxorBelow: Obelisks at Karnak
obelisk/ barque carrying the statue of the deity/ annual Opet festival
Senmut with Princess Nefrua (Thebes, Egypt), c. 1470-1460 BCE, graniteblock statue
Fowling scene from the tomb of Nebamun (Thebes, Egypt), c.1400-1350 BCE, fresco on dry plaster