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Egyptian Art
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Ancient EGYPT:Gift of the Nile
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The Palette of King Narmer, c. 3100-3000 BCE, slate
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Early Dynastic –3100 BCE Palette of Narmer
Old Kingdom— 2700 – 2200 BCEStep Pyramid of Djosher
Pyramids of GizaSphinx
Statue of Menkaure and QueenSeated Scribe (Kai?)
Ti Watching Hippo HuntMiddle Kingdom - 2000
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unification of Lower and Upper Egypt/
hierarchical proportion/ Horus (a human-armed falcon), Seth, Osiris, and
Isis
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other representations of the king/ Hathor/ ceremonial use of a
utilitarian object
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Attention to Appearance
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The Creation of the Heaven and the Earth, Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtasheru, c. 1025 BCE
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Egyptian Gods
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Imhotep. The
Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser
(Zoser), c. 2675-
2625 BCE, Saqqara
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King Djosher False Door
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Top: Ba bird from the Valley
of the Kings, tomb of
Tutankhamun, c. 1325 BCE
Bottom:Scarab pendant from
the Valley of the Kings, tomb of Tutankhamun,
c. 1325 BCE
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Egyptian gylphs symbolizing (left to right) life (the ankh), stability (the djed pillar), beauty, joy,
and protection
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the ka and the ba/ mummification and canopic jars/ scarabs and other amulets
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mastaba and serdab/ necropolis/ stepped pyramid
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first known instance of using columns in recorded history- Imhotep/ sed rituals and the
priesthood
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The Great Pyramids at Gizeh, 2600=2475 BCE
ben-ben (compare with ziggurat)/Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure/ Re/ celestial
orientation
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theories on the construction/ tiny interior
spaces
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Seated statue of Hemiunu (Gizeh) c. 2580 BCE, painted limestone
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The Great Sphinx (Gizeh), c. 2575-2525 BCE, sandstone
image of absolute kingship/ eternal guardian (tutelary)/ association of the nose with the life force
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Khafre (Gizeh), c. 2575-2525 BCE, diorite
permanence of material/ intertwined lotus and
papyrus/ Old Kingdom kilt/ canon of ideal proportions/ “block-like” characteristics/
subtractive method of carving
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty (Gizeh), c. 2490-2472 BCE, slate
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Triad of Menkaure with the goddess Hathor and the personifcation of the 7th Upper Egyptian nome
(Gizeh), c. 2460 BCE, slate
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Left: Bust of the vizier Ankh-haf (Gizeh), c. 2500 BCE, painted limestone
Right: Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret (Maidum),
c. 2570 BCE, painted limestone
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Seated scribe (Saqqara), c.2450-2350 BCE, painted
limestone
use of increased realism in
subordinate figures/ accounts by Herodotus
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Ka-Aper (Saqqara), c. 2450-2350 BCE, wood
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The Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE, basalt
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Relief of Hesire (Saqqara), c. 2675-2625 BCE, wood
hieroglyphics and the Rosetta Stone/ Jean-Francois Champollion/ conceptual vs. optical approach/ twisting perspective and the use
of a grid
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Ti Watching a Hippopotamus hunt, relief in
the mastaba of Ti (Saqqara), c. 2450-2350 BCE, painted
limestone
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False door from the tomb of Iyka
(Saqqara) c. 2450 BCE, wood
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Rock cut Tombs (Beni
Hasan), c. 2000-1900
BCE
constant threats to
power
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greater focus of interior of tombs/ sarcophagi/ fluted columns and a
portico
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Left: Relief depicting Amun receiving Sesostris IRight: The “White Chapel” of Sesostris I (Karnak),
c. 1925 BCE, limestone (where the relief is found)
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Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re in the White
Chapel at Karnak, Thebes,
c.1930 BCE, limestone
Senwosret I led
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Why is there a PREDYNASTIC and an EARLY DYNASTIC period to Egyptian History, instead of just Old, Middle & New?
Why is the southern part of Egypt referred to as "Upper Egypt", and vice versa?
Who was Imhotep, and what made him so special?
Explain the similarities and differences between the ziggurat of Saqqara versus those in Mesopotamia.
How did the Egyptians' belief in afterlife affect the creation of the pyramids?
Egyptian architectural history seems preoccupied with tombs and burial. What are the chief concerns of Mesopotamian architecture?
Looking at the statues of Khafra and Menkaure, describe what the ideal Old Kingdom Ruler should look like.
What made Amenhotep IV's (New Dynasty) religion so different than anything before it?