history of egyptian art

1. Ancient Egyptian Art

3. Predynastic Art

4. Palette of King Narmer
from Hierakonpolis, Egypt
ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.
slate
approximately 25 in. high

5. Palette of King Narmer
from Hierakonpolis, Egypt
ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.
slate
approximately 25 in. high

6. Palette of King Narmer
from Hierakonpolis, Egypt
ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.
slate
approximately 25 in. high

8. Imhotep
Pyramid and Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.
limestone

9. Imhotep
Pyramid and Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.
limestone

10. Imhotep
Façade of the North Palace
Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.
limestone

11. Imhotep
Columnar entrance
to the Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.
limestone

12. Tomb of Perneb (mastaba)
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,350-2,323 B.C.E.
limestone
approximately 16 ft. high

14. Old Kingdom Art

16. Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.; Khafre, ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.;
Khufu ca. 2551-2528 B.C.E.
limestone
largest (Khufu) approximately 450 ft. high

17. Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
Pyramids of Menkaure, ca.
3,000-2,920 B.C.E.; Khafre, ca.
2520-2494 B.C.E.;
Khufu ca. 2551-2528 B.C.E.
limestone
largest (Khufu) approximately
450 ft. high

19. Great Sphinx
Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.
sandstone
approximately 65 ft. high

21. Khafre
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,520-2,494 B.C.E.
diorite
approximately 66 in. high

22. Rahotep And His
Wife Nofret
c.2550 BCE

24. Menkaure and Khamerenebty
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,490-2,472 B.C.E.
graywacke
approximately 54 1/2 in. high

25. Menkaure and Khamerenebty
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,490-2,472 B.C.E.
graywacke
approximately 54 1/2 in. high

26. Seated Scribe
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
painted limestone
approximately 21 in. high

27. Ka-Aper
from his mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
wood
approximately 43 in. high

28. Ti watching hippopotamus hunt
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
painted limestone
approximately 48 in. high

29. Goats Treading Seed and Cattle Fording a Canal
Saqqara, Egypt - Mastaba of Ti
ca. 2450-2350 B.C.E.
painted limestone

31. Middle Kingdom Art

33. Rock-cut tombs
Beni Hasan, Egypt
ca. 1,950-1,900 B.C.E.

34. Rock cut Tombs BH 3-5
Beni Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII
ca. 1950-1900 B.C.E.

35. Tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.

36. Tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.

37. Riverboat
from tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.
gessoed and painted wood
50 3/8 in. long

38. Granary
from tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.
gessoed and painted wood
29 1/8 in. long

39. Statuette of an offering bearer
from tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.
gessoed and painted wood
44 1/8 in. high

40. Hippopotamus
from Thebes, Egypt
1991-1783 B.C.E.
faience and ceramic
7 7/8 in. long

41. New Kingdom Art

43. Senmut
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.

45. Statue of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
limestone
76 3/4 in. high

46. Hatshepsut
with offering jars
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
red granite
8 ft. 6 in. high

48. Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
colossi approximately 65 ft. high

49. Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
colossi approximately 65 ft. high

50. Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
atlantids approximately 32 ft. high

52. Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt
ca. 15th century B.C.E.

53. Model of Hypostyle hall Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.

54. Hypostyle hall Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.

55. Semnut with Princess Nefrua
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1470-1460 B.C.E.
granite
36 1/2 in. high

56. Semnut with Princess Nefrua
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1470-1460 B.C.E.
granite
36 1/2 in. high

57. Fowling Scene
from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,400-1,350 B.C.E.
fresco secco
32 in. high

58. Akhenaton
from the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
sandstone
approximately 13 ft. high

59. Akhenaton sacrificing a duck
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
limestone
9 5/8 in. high

60. Thutmose
Nefertiti
from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
painted limestone
20 in. high

61. Tiye
from Gurob, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
wood with gold, silver, alabaster, & lapis
3 3/4 in. high

62. Canopic jar
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,349-1,336 B.C.E.
alabaster with stone and glass inlay
20 1/2 in. high

64. Death Mask of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,323 B.C.E.
gold with semiprecious stones
21 1/4 in. high

65. Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,323 B.C.E.
gold with semiprecious stones
73 in. high

68. Painted chest
of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,333-1,323 B.C.E.
painted wood
20 in. long

69. Wedjat Eye of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,333-1,323 B.C.E.
gold and precious stones
2 in. wide

70. Last judgment of Hu-Nefer
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,290-1280 B.C.E.
painted papyrus scroll
18 in. high

71. Book of the Dead
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,040-945 B.C.E.
painted and inscribed papyrus
13 3/4 in. high

72. Calcite and wood. From Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, 21st Dynasty, c.1069-945 BC.

73. Ptolemaic Art

75. Temple of Horus
Edfu, Egypt
ca. 237-47 B.C.E.

76. Cat
from Thebes, Egypt
304-31 B.C.E.
bronze
11 in. high

77. Roman-Egyptian Art

79. Temple of Dendur
from Nubia
ca. 15 B.C.E.
sandstone
82 ft. long

80. Temple of Dendur
from Nubia
ca. 15 B.C.E.
sandstone
82 ft. long

81. Temple of Dendur
from Nubia
ca. 15 B.C.E.
sandstone
82 ft. long

83. Portrait of a boy
from Faiyum, Egypt
2nd century A.D.
encaustic on wood
15 in. high

84. Faiyum portraits
2nd century A.D.
encaustic on wood