FA 210 Art of the World Nubia - Kingdoms of Kush Coptic art of Early Christian era of Egypt

1. Nubia:
Kingdoms
of
Kush:
Ca.
3000
BCE
–
450
AD

2. Nubians
in
Egypt

3. Most
important
Kingdoms
of
Kush:
• Kerma
–
ca.
2400
BC
–
1500
BC
(their
poFery
replaced
EgypHan
poFery
in
Egypt
due
to
fine
craJsmanship)
• Napatan
–
1000
BC
–
300
BC
(the
25th
dynasty
of
Egypt;
Nubians
saw
themselves
as
righOul
heirs
to
throne)
• MeroiHc
–
300
BC
–
350
AD
conquered
by
Axum
king
(AsiaHc
civilizaHon
in
modern-­‐day
Ethiopia)

4. Kerma
poFery
ca.
1900
BCE

5. Ram’s
head
amulet,
worn
by
Nubian
Pharaohs
2008
arHcle
discussing
the
Nubian
Pharaohs

6. Jebel
Barkal
(center
of
world
for
both
EgypHans
and
Nubians)
• Pyramids
at
Nuri
(used
during
Napatan
period)

7. Double
Uraeus:
cobra
and
white
vulture

8. MeroiHc
poFery

10. Pyramids
of
Meroe

11. CopHc
Art:
EgypHan
Art
of
Early
ChrisHans

12. Fayum
portraits!

14. Fayum
mummies

15. How
are
CopHc
portraits
different
from
EgypHan
painHngs
of
the
past?
• King
Tut

16. Hanging
Church,
Cairo