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Egypt
From 2600 BCE to 0

Palette of Narmer
c. 2950 – 2775 BCE

Twisted Perspective and
The Canon of Proportions based on a grid

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/zoser/zoser.html

Depictions of People in Sculpture

painted limestone, found in the small chapel (the "serdab")
against the north face of his step pyramid at the funerary complex at Saqqara
Dynasty 3, about 2690-2660 BCE

King Khafre seated
Fourth Dynasty, reign of Khafre
Graywacke
Height: 120 cm (47 1/4 in)
Egyptian Museum, Cairo

King Mycerinus (Greek)
Menkaure and a Queen (c. 2470 BCE)

Rahotep and Nofret
painted limestone, beginning of Dynasty 4, c. 2620 BCE

Kaaper , from Saqquara
c. 2400 BCE

Bust of Prince Ankhaf, from Giza
c. 2550 BCE

Seated Scribe
From Saquarra
c. 2400 BCE

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
Tomb of Ti, Saqquara
c. 2450 BCE

Pyramids

Sneferu’s Bent Pyramid, c. 2596 BCE

Sneferu’s Red Pyramid, c. 2590 BCE

Great Pyramids at Giza – from c. 2580 – 2504 BCE

Khufu
Khafre
Menkaure

Middle Kingdom
c. 2040 – 1650 BCE

Sphinx of Senwosret III, ca. 1878–1841 B.C.E.; Middle Kingdom
Egyptian Metropolitan Museum of Art

Senwosret III. Middle Kingdom,
circa 1836-1818 b.c.
Black granite, 21 7/16 in
Brooklyn Museum

Head of Sesostris III
c. 1860 BCE

Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan, 1991-1785 BCE

The New Kingdom
c. 1550 – 1070 BCE

Tomb of Senedjem 1150 BCE -- Thebes

Queen (Pharoah) Hatsepshut (c. 1495 BCE)

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir al-Bahrri c1490-1460 bce

Colossal Sphinx of Hatshepsut
Early 18th Dynasty, joint reign of Hatshepsut
and Thutmose III (1479-1458 B.C.)
Western Thebes, Deir el-Bahri
Granite
H. 164 cm (64 5/8 in.), W. 90 cm (35 3/8 in.),
D. 343 cm (11 ft. 3 in.)

Queen of Punt, c. 1480 BCE

One of two obelisks to escape her stepson's plan to obliterate her memory, this obelisk was built by Queen Hatshepsut.

ARMANA STYLE

Akhenaten, From Temple of Aten
Karnak 1360 BCE

Queen Nefertit 1365 BCE -- Berlin

Monotheism with the sole god Aten – a radical change in religious worship and practice
Radical change in sculptural representation
Also causes major economic changes
Capital city moved from Thebes to Armana

Family Sacrifice to Aten 1360

Mask of King Tutankhamen,
Valley of the Kings 1355-42

Ramses II (the Great)
c. 1290 - 1225

Relocated in the 1960’s after the building of Aswan Dam

Scale model of before and after

Karnak Temple Complex

A very large statue (as in, I come up to half way up the base) of Ramses II with Nefertiti perched on his feet.
Ramses II with Nefertari

This relief is a listing of the Pharoah's various names.

Depictions of Daily Activities

The Book of the Dead

Anubis Thoth Ammit the Devourer
Weighing of the deceased’s heart against Maat’s Feather of Truth

Egyptian Mummy portraits in the Roman period from c. 30 BCE – 300 CE

Created in 196 BCE, discovered in 1799, deciphered in 1822
Ancient Egyptian
Demotic
Greek

Middle Kingdom Blue Hippo
Queen Tiy, Armana Style
Pectoral of Senusrut

Major Points of Egyptian Art
Modeled to promote ideas of Stability and Order (little variation in 3,000 years) – highly tied to religious practice
Monumental Architecture with Pyramids and colossus sculpture (Sphinx, Ramses II, etc.)
Meant for Permanency – note use of stone, mummification, tombs
Distinctive Representation with Twisted Perspective and Canon of Proportions for figures in painting and relief sculpture

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