ANCIENT ART HISTORY SURVEY: Week 4

   NEXT WEEK: REVIEW FOR FIRST EXAM ON MONDAY; FIRST EXAM ON
          WEDNESDAY. PLEASE BRING A SCANTRON SHEET.

 ONLINE REVIEWS IN PPT. FORMAT ARE AVAILABLE ON BLACKBOARD.
THESE ARE BRIEF REVIEWS OF SOME OF OUR CLASS DISCUSSION WHICH
  MIGHT HELP YOU IN STUYDING. AGAIN, THESE ARE BRIEF REVIEWS,
 THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MISSED
                           CLASSES.

Names and terms: Hierakonpolis, pylon, hypostyle hall, Edfu (Horus, Ptolomies), Abydos
(Osiris), Luxor and Karnak (Thebes), obelisk, sunken relief, Battle of Kadesh,
Ramesseum, Abu Simbel, Nubians, sanctuary (Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, Ra), Aswan
Dam, Lake Nasser, Temple of Nefertari (Hathor), Hatshepsut, Tuthmose (Tuthmosis) I-
III, Ahmose, Senmut (Senenmut), Nofret (Nefrua), Deir al Bahri (Deir el Bahari),
Akhenaten, Amenophis (Amenhotep) III-IV, Tiy, the Aten, Akhetaten (Amarna; Amarna
Period), Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Horemheb

Possible essay questions:
--What was the political intent behind Ramesses II building a great temple at Abu
Simbel, and what was the astrological orientation of this temple? Discuss the attempt to
preserve the temple in the 1960s.

--How was Egyptian art different or untraditional during the reigns of Hatshepsut and
Akhenaten? To what were the deviations attributable?

Images from text:
Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, c.1250, page 55
Hatshepsut Temple and Portrait as King, c.1460, pages 53, 54
Akhenaten/Akhenaten, Nefertiti and daughters, c.1350, pages 59, 61

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    ANCIENT ART HISTORYSURVEY: Week 4 NEXT WEEK: REVIEW FOR FIRST EXAM ON MONDAY; FIRST EXAM ON WEDNESDAY. PLEASE BRING A SCANTRON SHEET. ONLINE REVIEWS IN PPT. FORMAT ARE AVAILABLE ON BLACKBOARD. THESE ARE BRIEF REVIEWS OF SOME OF OUR CLASS DISCUSSION WHICH MIGHT HELP YOU IN STUYDING. AGAIN, THESE ARE BRIEF REVIEWS, THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MISSED CLASSES. Names and terms: Hierakonpolis, pylon, hypostyle hall, Edfu (Horus, Ptolomies), Abydos (Osiris), Luxor and Karnak (Thebes), obelisk, sunken relief, Battle of Kadesh, Ramesseum, Abu Simbel, Nubians, sanctuary (Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, Ra), Aswan Dam, Lake Nasser, Temple of Nefertari (Hathor), Hatshepsut, Tuthmose (Tuthmosis) I- III, Ahmose, Senmut (Senenmut), Nofret (Nefrua), Deir al Bahri (Deir el Bahari), Akhenaten, Amenophis (Amenhotep) III-IV, Tiy, the Aten, Akhetaten (Amarna; Amarna Period), Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Horemheb Possible essay questions: --What was the political intent behind Ramesses II building a great temple at Abu Simbel, and what was the astrological orientation of this temple? Discuss the attempt to preserve the temple in the 1960s. --How was Egyptian art different or untraditional during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Akhenaten? To what were the deviations attributable? Images from text: Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, c.1250, page 55 Hatshepsut Temple and Portrait as King, c.1460, pages 53, 54 Akhenaten/Akhenaten, Nefertiti and daughters, c.1350, pages 59, 61