palette of king narmer (left) back, (right) front 3000 – 2920 bce, slate early example of...
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Art of Egypt
Palette of King Narmer(left) back, (right) front
3000 – 2920 BCE, Slate
Early example of documented historical event
Registers
Raised Relief (as opposed to sunken relief)
Composite view
Depiction of Authority
United Upper and Lower Egypt
Menkaure2490-2472BCE
Khafre2520-2494
BCEKhufu2551-2528BCE
The Old Kingdom Great Pyramids, Giza:
Dynasty IV, left, Mankaure, middle, Khafre, right, Khufu (“The Great Pyramid”)
Evolved architecture from mastaba.
approx. 2500 years BCE
Symbol of sun, “sun’s rays are the ramp the pharaoh uses to ascend to the heavens.” – aligned east to west.
Home to Pharaoh’s Ka for afterlife
Sphinx – a lion with a human head
Proposed portrait of Khafre
65 ft. tall, 240 ft. long
Lion with the head of a human is associated with the sun god, Re.
Composite form combination of human intelligence and lion strength and authority.
Cut from living rock.
Menkaure and Khamerernebty
Gizeh, Dynasty IV, 2490-2472 BCE, graywacke
Frontal, erect posture, one foot striding, fists clasped.
Idealized bodies, echoing hair, perpendicular lines
Single block, like Khafre
Seated Scribe, mastaba at Saqqara, Dynasty V, 2450-2350, painted limestone
Attentive gaze, upright posture (formal), but un-idealized
Paint adds a realism (usually washed away over time)
Face in detail – body not as much
Hands in writing position
https://goo.gl/cMX6zs
EGYPTIAN QUICK FACTS
NAME 5 WORKS OF EGYPTAIN ART
NAME SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THE WORK IN
COLUMN 1
NAME THE PYRAMIDS/GIVE A FEW FACTS ABOUT
EACH
1. 1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3. 2.
4. 4.
5. 5. 3.
WRITE 5 FACTS/READ EACH TITLE FOR DIRECTIONS
Virtual Tour inside The Great Pyramid (Khufu’s Pyramid)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmxWHjfoTqU
1. Hierarchy of Scale
2. Registers
3. Idealization
1.Old Kingdom
2.Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
3.Composite View
What is a Dynasty? Look up the definition (through
a .edu website … not Wikipedia) to research the definition of a Dynasty.
Paraphrase your response in the form link below:
http://goo.gl/forms/Nh2gn8TkWX
Threatened and defeated by Hyksos, Mesopotamian people, (Late 2nd Intermediate Period) due largely to weapon innovations and the horse/chariot.
Ahmose I ended the Hyksos reign, dawning the New Kingdom, greatest of Egypt’s long history.
The New Kingdom
MORTUARY TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT, Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom,
18th Dynasty. C. 1473-1458 B.C.E.Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red
granite.
Repetition of light and dark of colonnades echoes that of terrain
Painted reliefs are first great tribute to a woman in history of art!
Architecture
The Valley of the Kings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2H55lQ73vU
Akhenaton and Amarna Period
Amenhotep IV, later known as Akhenaton, completely switched Egypt’s main god from Amen to Aton, the universal and only god. Switch from polytheism to mono.
Worship and cult of Amen and priesthood arose immediately after his demise.
Amarna Period known for relaxed rules for making art – extreme stylistic change in Egyptian Art!!
Akhenaton, temple of Aton, Karnak, Dynasty XVIII, 1353-1335
BCE, sandstone -> Androgynous figure, un-idealistic,
curvilinear contours
Thutmose, Nefertiti, Tell el-Armana, D. XVIII, 1353-1335 BCE, painted limestone
Similar expression as AkhenatonUnfinished, found in artists studio
VIDEO: TAKE NOTES!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZuYdIRAIAs
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three Daughters, Tell el-Amarna, D. XVIII, 1353-1335, limestone.
Sunken relief stele, curving contours vs. earlier rigidity, family sits in rays of Aton, rare family scene. Very sweet.
1. King N________ unified upper and lower Egypt.
2. The Great P________ are located in Giza. Build around 2500 BCE, the three Pharaohs represented are K_______ , K________, and M________.
3. The S_______ is said to be a composite representation of K_______. (power & authority)
4. The shape of the p_______ is said to be a representation of the sun-god, R___.
5. The S_________ S___________ has not only a pudgy belly but large attentive eyes.
6. During the A_______ period, the art underwent a radical s______ c______.
7. Instead of the r_______ from the Old Kingdom, Amarna used c______ contours.
Narmer
PyramidsKhufu Khafre
Menkaure
Sphinx Khafre
pyramidRe
Seated Scribe
Amarna stylistic
change
rigidity curving
7-Minute Essay
Write an essay on how these two works perpetuate the importance of the pharaoh (power and authority) in ancient Egypt. (Open a new Google doc & share it with me: Kristy Hansen)