Egyptian Art3000 to 1000 b.c.e.

Egyptian Art

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

The Great Pyramids at Gizeh, 2600-2475 BCE

ben-ben associated with the god Re/ Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure/ covered with limestone

Khafre (Gizeh), c. 2575-2525 BCE, diorite

idealized 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

Nemes

Uraeus

Seated scribe (Saqqara), c.2450-2350 BCE, painted

limestone

use of increased realism in

subordinate figures/ role of the scribe in

Egyptian culture

The Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE, basalt

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, limestone

Queen 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

Temple of Ramses II (Abu Simbel), c. 1290-1224 BCE

temple built in Upper Egypt, bordering Nubia

Colossal figures of Ramses located both outside the temple

and inside (atlantids)

Left: Temple of Nefertari at Abu SimbulRight: mummy of Ramses II

façade/corridor axis

Temple at Luxor, c. 1290-1224 BCE

pylon with sunken reliefs

Diagram of a pylon facade

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,

granite

block statue

Fowling scene from the tomb of Nebamun (Thebes, Egypt), c.1400-1350 BCE, fresco on dry

plaster

Garden of Nebamun (Thebes), c. 1400-1350 BCE