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)