egyptian art old kingdom (2686-2150 bce) middle kingdom (2100-1700 bce) new kingdom (1500-1085 bce)

Egyptian ArtOld Kingdom (2686-2150 BCE)

Middle Kingdom (2100-1700 BCE)

New Kingdom (1500-1085 BCE)

OLD KINGDOM-

THE GREAT PYRAMIDS

STEP PYRAMID OF ZOSER (Saqqara (2680 BCE)

Architect- Imhotep

-65m (20 stories)-buriel chamber 25 m below monument

THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA (2530-2470)

-Square base 276m x 276m, 176m high (55 stories)-tallest structure in the world until the Eiffel tower was built-2 million blocks of stone-burial chamber in the heart of the pyramid-Interior walls covered by relief sculptures

The outer covering of the pyramids have been eroded off,

Note the size of the stones (some over40 tons)

Great Sphinx (guards the pyramids of Giza)

•80 m in length -Carved from a rocky ledge

•Body of a lion -Head of Chefren ( one of the Pharaohs who built one of the pyramids)

•It has beenvandalized and damaged further by the sandblasting winds of the Sahara

MIDDLE KINGDOM (2100-1700 BCE)

FUNERAL TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT1480 BCE

•Built into a cliff and part was built inside

•Many terraces walls, colonnades, sculptured relief's, passageways. Large open terraces

•Queen spent most of her reign construcitn the temple.

•She would strap a falsr beard to her chin and wear men’s clothing when she visited her site.

NEW KINGDOM (1500-1085)HYPOSTLE HALL (1530 BCE)Temple of Amun, at Karnack

-135 columns, 21 metres high (7 stories)

-columns capped with open-flowered capitals- some in the shape of a lotus blossom

-covered in reliefs

lintels

Columns close together to prevent storne lintels from breaking

SCULPTURE-Old Kingdom

Mycerinus and His Queen

•Cut from a single block of slate

•Almost life size

•frontal pose-one foot out

•stylized

Katep and his Wife

•Carved limestone and painted

•47 cm (18” high)

•Very formal

NEW KINGDOM

Akhenaton and His Family(1350 BCE)

•Limestone relief

•Akenaton married to Nefrettiti, uncle of Tutankhaten

•First Time in Egyptian history belief in one god- Aton-the sun god

•First time art is realistic- note pot belly

•Enjoying family pleasures

Realistic depiction- elongated face and hands

Note the pot belly of the sculpture

Nefertiti (1360 BCE)

•Akhenaton’s wife, a most beautiful woman

•Left abandoned in the artist’s studio

•Realistic

King Tutankhaten (King Tut)

Akhenaton's successor at the age of nine, ruled for nine years

Famous due to the riches found in his UNVANDALIZED tomb (hidden under the ruins of another tomb)

Rameses II (1257 BCE)

•Stylized art return

•Ruled for 67years

•Multitude of statues of himself all over Egypt

•Temple of Abu Simbel- carved out of a cliff

HUGE EGO_ HUGE SCULPTURE (itty bitty person)

FIGURES IN ARTWORK

Heads-profile

Eye- frontal

Shoulders- frontal

Arms- both arms and legs shown- usually stretched out- profile

-two right feet

Descriptive Perspective- the most important figures were larger than the less important ones

Figures in Relief Sculpture

Hieroglyphics

Designing Your Own Written LanguageFor our next project you will create your own hieroglyphics. In the end you will use this language to write a statement in you final Egyptian Project. The artwork in the final project will match the topic you chose for your hieroglyphics.We'll use this procedure:1.Choose a topic of interest to you.2.Generate ideas for pictures by web-mapping and brainstorming.3.Create about 26 polished, realistic drawings that relate to your theme. They do not have to bigger than 2” x 2”4.Carefully, and thoughtfully simplify these drawings until they become symbols. Consider balance, ease of writing, elegance, and negative space when designing.5.Don't over simplify! Reducing a picture to just a few lines can make a language seem dull. Choose the designs where your letters are simplified to degree similar to the hieroglyphs.6.Assign each symbol a letter for the English alphabet.

Final ArtworkCentral Panel- Design a central panel for you Egyptian project. Combine Egyptian style drawing, Egyptian symbols and the topic (theme) of your hieroglyphics/ (if it’s sports- Egyptian gods playing hockey, for example).Border- Create an Egyptian border around the central picture.Hieroglyphics- Use your own developed hieroglyphics to write a statement in your drawing. Please remember that I can read them.Medium- the final drawing will be on half a sheet of Mayfair. It should be drawn lightly in pencil and then outlined in then black marker, All pencil lines should be erased. It will be rendered in pencil crayons, and should include such techniques as shading, colour blending, scrubbing and texture.

Realistic Simplified Hieroglyphics

Beanie Babies

Grade 9 Egyptian Project

Name

  OUT OF: MARK    

Knowledge      

Shows knowledge of Hieroglyphics 5   5

Application    

technical skill for sketching 26 realistic items for letters 20  

Technical skill in simplifying the 26 letters 10  

technical drawing skill of the central picture 15  

skill of drawing, inking and incorporationg the hieroglyphic statement 10  

technical use of coloured pencils-colour blending, texture, shading 25  

border design-reflection of Egyptian theme 5  

border design-technical drawing 10  

Degree of difficulty- were you challenged 10   0

Thinking and Inquiry      

evidence of prepatory work-rough sketches, practice colour sheets etc. 10    

Evidence in choosing a central theme to your hieroglyphics 5    

evidence of including am Egyptian motif for your border and central picture 10   0

Communication  

Reflection should clearly communicate your artistic intent and thought process. 10  

Presentation of final work-neatness 5   0

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