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Chapter 3 (Ancient Egypt)
BSU Art history 101 class
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/18/2013

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Mastaba
Definition
Bench (old arabic) early egyptian tomb
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Ka
Definition
Eternal Spirit
Term
Column
Definition
Round post (used to hold up ceilings)
Term
capital
Definition
decorative feature on top of column
Term
Necropolis
Definition
City of the dead, tombs and graves
Term
Morturary temple
Definition
outside funeral temple used for kings
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Sphinx
Definition
Head of a man, body of a lion, composit beast
Term
Middle Kingdom
Definition
after Egyptian goverment had failed, reduced expectations, rock cut temples, rather depressing...
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New Kingdom
Definition
Capital moved to Thebes (15-13th century BCE)
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Pylon Temple
Definition
Built along the river, not mortuary temples, temples to gods. Pylon refers to massive walls, impression of a fortress, scuptures lived in walkway, great open courtyard, open to sky
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Hypostyle Hall
Definition
room filled with columns (would have had a roof)
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clerestory
Definition
row of windows between 2 different roof levels
Term
Akhenaton
Definition
outlawed old egyptian religion, had only one god (Ra) abandoned thebes as capital
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Amarna period
Definition
short time when capital city was moved from Thebes to El Amarna
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Tutankhaman
Definition
king after Akenaton, died young, no one cared, became king at age of 8
Term
[image]
Definition

Palette of King Narmer

Predynastic Egypt

ca 30th cent BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Pyramid of Djoser

Artist- Imhotep

location- Saqqara

Classifactions- Old kingdom

27th Cent BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Great Pyramids

location- Giza (Gizeh)

classification: old kingdom

26-25 cent BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Menkaure and his Queen

Old kingdom Egypt

25th cent BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Ti watching hippopotamus hunt

Old kingdom Egypt

ca. 25-24th Cent BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

New Kingdom Egypt

15th cent BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Daughters

New Kingdom Egypt

14th cent BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Death Mask of Tutankhamen

New Kingdom Egypt

14th cent BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Temple of Ramses II

location- Abu Simbel

New kingdom Egypt

13th Cent BCE

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