Post on 27-Jan-2016
Egyptian Art
Map of Ancient Egypt
Dynasties of Egypt
• Pre-Dynastic • Early Dynastic• Old Kingdom• Middle Kingdom• New Kingdom• Conquered by the Assyrians in 670BCE• Conquered by the Persians in 662BCE• Conquered by Alexander the Great in
332BCE• Conquered by the Romans in 30BC
Pre-Dynastic Period
Early Temples & Priest Duties
Gods and Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses
Early Dynastic Period
Palatte of Narmer, Dynasty I, c.3000BCE, Egyptian
White Crown of Upper Egypt
Palatte of Narmer
Horus
Palatte of Narmer
Red Crown of Lower Egypt
Palatte of Narmer
Human Ideal
Regular People
Hieroglyphics
Parts of Person
• Physical body• Shadow• Name• Ka• Ba• Akh
Cartouche
Khnum
Mummification
Canopic Jars
Embalming Process
Funeral
Opening the Mouth Ceremony
Sarcophagus
The Old Kingdom - 2686-2181BCE
Mastaba
Stepped Pyramids
King Djoser’s Funerary Complex at Saqqara
Columns
Engaged Columns
Columns
Pyramids of Giza
Plan of Giza
Process of making the pyramids
Protection
Khafra's ka statue
Sculpture
Sculptors at work
Canon of Proportions
Menkaura and a Queen (Khamerenebty II), Dynasty 4,
c.2500BCE, Egyptian
Seated Scribe, Dynasty 5, c.2494-2354BCE, Egyptian
Tomb Decoration
Ti Watching the Hippopotamus Hunt
MIDDLE KINGDOM
Hippopotamus
Pectoral of Senusret II, Dynasty 12, c.1880-1874, Egyptian
New Kingdom
Main Pharaohs
–Hatsheput –Ramses II –Akhenaton –Tutankhamen
Hatshepsut (dynasty 18, ruled 1473-1458BCE)
Deir-el-Bahri
Temple Layout
Rameses II (Dynasty 19, ruled c.1279-1213)
The Temples of Rameses II and Nefertari at Abu Simble, Dyansty 19, c.1279-1213BCE, Egyptian
Detail
Nefertari’s Tomb
Nefertari’s Tomb
Akhenaten and the Art of the Amarna Period (Dynasty 18, c1352-1369)
Temple Structure
Aten
Akhenaten and His Family, Dynasty 18, c.1352-1336BCE, Egyptian
Nefertiti, Dynasty 18, c.1352-1336BCE, Egyptian
Tutankhamun, Dynasty 18, ruled c.1336-1327
Coffins
Innermost coffin
Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun, Dynasty 18,
c.1327BCE, Egyptian
Judgment before Osiris, Dynasty 19, c.1285BCE,
Egyptian