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Egyptian Architecture and Sculptures
By : Pranati Gulati
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Architectural Ideas• Ancient Egyptians viewed
earthly dwellings as temporary
• They paid little attention to house construction
• The tomb was seen as a permanent dwelling for the afterlife
• Tremendous effort was exerted in tomb construction
• The mummified dead body was buried in a stone box called sarcophagus in the tomb
Let’s Recap…
Historical Background Social Characteristics & Beliefs
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Historical Background Social Characteristics & Beliefs
Architectural Ideas
• Believed a dead person needs all her/his worldly goods
• Tomb usually packed with all the treasures of dead person
• If anything cannot be provided, it is painted on the walls of the tomb
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Historical Background Social Characteristics & Beliefs
Architectural Ideas
• Tombs also have charms to protect dead person & her/his property
• Dead buried in cities of the dead, called Necropolis located in desert
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Early Kingdom TombsMastaba
• Internally, a mastaba consist of three parts- a burial chamber, a serdab and a chapel
• The burial chamber was located 30” below ground– Connected to burial
chamber above ground through a shaft
– place for the burial of the dead person
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Early Kingdom Tombs Mastaba
• The earliest method of burial in ancient Egypt was in shallow pits in the desert
• The desert dried the bodies and preserved them • When animals preyed on bodies, the people dug
deeper• In the end they built a bench-like structure over
graves to create first burial structure called Mastaba
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Early Kingdom TombsSteppe Pyramid
• King Zoser (Djoser) was the powerful pharaoh of the third dynasty of the old kingdom
• The steppe pyramid was built for king Zoser by Imhotep
• It was built as a funeral complex in the necropolis at Saqqara
• Imhotep initially conceived of the tomb as a large Mastaba of stone
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More on Egyptian Architecture
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Ancient Egyptian Sculpture
Like painting and low-relief carving, sculptures were generally carved in particular styles that changed little over most of Ancient Egyptian History
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Purpose
As with all cultures, Ancient Egyptian sculpture met both symbolic and decorative needs.– Sculptural forms
served religious & funerary purposes.
– It could also be meant to decorate or entertain
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Materials Used
• Items could be made of wood or stone.
• Items meant to be permanent – like the statue that was to house the ka or spirit of a pharaoh, would made of the hardest available stone (such as granite, basalt or porphyry) and be exceptionally durable – probably accounting for the survival of so man ancient objects.
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The System Frontal views
dominate in sculpture, possibly because sculptors were also involved in architectural carving – where the image was engaged to, or closely bound to, the building.
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The System
• Heads are always placed on the axis of the bust.
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The System
• High figures – the gods and goddesses and kings and queens (who are deified) are shown only in dignified poses – though females may display tender gestures.
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The System.
• Figures were often scaled according to importance – as was done with painting and low relief carving.
• The larger the figure, the more important.
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The System
• Statues were originally painted.
– Males are darker and reddish.
– Females are lighter and yellowish.
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Figures are most often seated on chairs or standing with one leg slightly in front of the other
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Busts
• Busts were not uncommon.
• These are generally thought to be cheaper substitutes for full figures.
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