AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt

Palette of King Narmer D: ca. 2950 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Early Dynastic

PeriodA: Unknown artistPa: King NarmerM/T: StoneF: Commemorate the unification of

Upper and Lower Egypt. Show Osiris giving power to King Narmer

DT: Narmer on both sides of palette combines profile views of his head, legs, and arms with front views of his eye and torso.

Ideas: To ensure safety and happiness in the afterlife.

Diagram of a Mastana Tombp. 59Figure 3-3D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Egyptian Early Dynastic PeriodF: Egyptians buried their dead here. D/T: simple tomb with four sloping sides

and an entrance for mourners. Shaft connects chamber to outside.

Ideas: obsession with the dead. Spirit of Ka will live on in the afterlife.

Stepped Pyramid of King DjoserD: ca. 2950 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Early Dynastic

PeriodA: ImhotepPa: King DjoserL: Saqqara, EgyptM/T: Stone, LimestoneF: Tomb in order to protect King’s

remains. Symbolizes absolute & godlike power.

DT: Designed as if 6 mastaba-like stacked upon each other.

Ideas: Believe that they were creating a stairway to the sun god Ra. House for the ka.

Great Pyramids, Gizehp. 62Figure 3-8D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Old KingdomL: Gizeh, Egypt F: Giant monuments for the dead

pharaohs. Pharaoh buried within the pyramid.

M/T: huge pile of limestoneD/T: giant monuments. Each pyramid

had an enjoining mortuary temple. Each side oriented to a point on a compass.

Ideas: symbols of the sun.

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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt

Great SphinxD: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Old KingdomA: UnknownPa: Pharaoh (Khafre?)L: Gizeh, EgyptF: Tomb in order to protect King’s

remains. Symbolizes absolute & godlike power.

DT: Joins the body of a lion with the head of a pharaoh. Associated with the sun god, (honoring sun god?)

Ideas: Combines human intelligence with the strength and authority of a lion.

Khafre, from Gizehp. 65Figure 3-12D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Old KingdomL: Egyptian Museum, CairoF: symbol of a united Egypt in the

interlocking of lotus and papyrus plants at the base.

M/T: dioriteD/T: idealized features and body. Falcon

god Horus is behind Khafre, protecting him, frontal symmetrical, rigid, motionless, cubic.

Ideas: statue of eternity. Strict Egyptian canon of proportions.

Menkaure and Khamerernebty D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Old KingdomA: UnknownPa: Menkaure and KhamerernebtyL: Menkaure’s Valley Temple F: Substitute homes for the ka of the

pharaoh and queen.DT: Sculptor reveals queens curves of

her body under her garment. Rigid, Stiff.

Ideas: Substitute homes for the ka of the pharaoh and queen. Posture suggests timeless nature.

Seated Scribe p.66; Figure 3-14D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Old KingdomF: sculpture for a mustabaD/T: wooden sculpture with sagging

chest and realistic rather than idealistic. Color remains. Attentive expression, thin, angular face.

Ideas: Egyptian Realism

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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus HuntD: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Old KingdomA: UnknownPa: TiM/T: LimestoneL: Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, EgyptF: Limestone Relief to decorate the

interior walls & ceilings of the tombs of wealthy families.

DT: Traditional Composite View. Hunting scene

Ideas: Triumph of good (Ti) over evil (Seth). Hippos represent destruction of crops. Metaphor for triumph over the forces of evil.

Head of Senusret IIIP.69Figure 3-18D: ca. 1800 BCEP/S: Middle KingdomL: Egyptian Museum, CairoF: reflect period of unrestD/T: Moody look in the eyes and mouth.

Depressed instead of heroic, firm chin, folds of flesh between brows and corners of nose and mouth.

Ideas: pessimistic mood in the Middle Kingdom. Realism.

Mortuary temple of HatshepsutD: ca. 1500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: New KingdomA: Senmut (?)Pa: HatshepsutL: Deir el-Bahri, EgyptF: Shrine provided the ruler with a place

for worshiping their patron gods during their lifetime and then served as temples in their own honor after death.

DT: Integrated into natural setting, three colonnaded terraces connected by ramps on the central axis.

Ideas: Reliefs depicts Hatshepsut’s divine birth.

Hatshepsut with offering jarsp. 72Figure 3-22D: ca. 1500 BCEP/S: New KingdomL: Deir-el-Bahri, EgyptF: portray Hatshepsut as a male kingD/T: holding globular offering jar in

each hand. Hatshepsut is wearing royal male nemes headdress. Figure is anatomically male.

Ideas: male imagery of a woman

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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt

Temple of Ramses IID: ca. 1500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: New KingdomPa: Ramses IIL: Abu Simbel, EgyptM/T: SandstoneF: proclaims Ramses II greatness by

placing 4 colossal images of himself on the temple

DT: Stiff rigid eternal Ideas: Power and eternal being would

never die off

Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amen Rep. 75Figure 3-26D: ca. 1200 BCEP/S: New KingdomL: Karnak, EgyptF: glorify Egypt’s rulersD/T: massive columns and roofed by

stone slabs, central columns are 66 ft high and capitals are 22 ft in diameter.

Ideas: raising the roof’s sentral section created a clerestory. Permits sunlight to enter in the interior.

AkhenatonD: ca. 1380 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Amarna PeriodPa: AkhenatonL: Temple of Aton Karnak, EgyptM/T: SandstoneF: Pharaoh claimed to be the son & sole

prophet of Aton.DT: Effeminate body Curving contours

Long face Full lips Heavy-lidded eyes Weak arms Narrow waist Protruding belly Wide hips Fatty thighs.

Ideas: Declared Aton the only god Sun disk is sexless so is he.

Nefertiti p. 78Figure 3-33D: ca. 1300 BCEP/S: Amarna PeriodL: Tell-el-Armana, EgyptF: portray Akhenaton’s queenM/T: Painted LimestoneD/T: long-ellegant neck, realistic face,

deliberately unfinishedIdeas: Idealistic image of a women.

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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt

Queen TiyeD: ca. 1380 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Amarna PeriodPa: Queen TiyeL: Gurob, EgyptM/T: Wood, with gold, silver, alabaster,

and lapis lazuliDT: Relaxation of artistic rules. Shown

as an older woman with lines in her face heavy eye lids

Ideas: Dark yew wood was chosen to match her complexion

Akhenaton and his Familyp. 79Figure 3-35D: ca. 1300 BCEP/S: Armana PeriodL: Tell el-Armana, Egypt\F: portray an informal perspective of

Akhenaton and his royal familyM/T: LimestoneD/T: sunken-relief style stele. Curves

instead of rigid lines, prominent bellies. Pharaoh, wife, and three daughters. Aton the sun disk.

Ideas: Royal Intimacy

King Tutankhamen (Death Mask and Inner Coffin)D: ca. 1380 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Amarna PeriodPa: King TutankhamenL: Thebes, EgyptM/T: Gold with inlay of enamel and

semiprecious stones.F: Expressive of Egyptian power, pride,

& influence.DT: Innermost of 3 coffins1/4 ton of

gold Semiprecious stones (lapis lazuli, turquoise, & carnelian)Godlike (portrays Tutankhamen as Osiris)

Ideas: Housed the ka protected the body in order to have a happy afterlife.

Last Judgment of Hu-Neferp. 81Figure 3-39D: ca. 1300 BCEP/S: Amarna PeriodL: Thebes, EgyptF: represent final judgment of deceasedM/T: Painted Papyrus scrollD/T: formality of stance, shape, and

attitude of traditional Egyptian art. Ideas: Narrative, Composite view

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Temple of HorusD: ca. 237–47 BCE. L: Edfu, EgyptDT: Tradition of Egyptian formal / style

continues Reliefs depict Horus & Hathor Basic pylon temple plan Impressive entrance Broad surface of a massive façade sloping walls.

Ideas: Would protect the city entrance to some afterlife? Shows how traditions is very important.

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