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| Predynastic Female Figurine, Terracotta, 4th millenium |
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| Predynastic vase, Late 4th Millenium |
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Drawing of Wall-painting from Hierakonpolis, Predynastic, 4tth Millennium.
People, boats, and animals, detail of a watercolor copy of a wall painting from tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, ca. 3500-3200 BCE.
-the scene is very chaotic
the message is life a perpetual voyage
- 5 antelope are caught in a trap
the lower left hand corner a standing warrior holding the hair of fallen warrior. Very important image. Seen throughout Egyptian art.
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| Drawing, Scorpion macehead, Predynastic |
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| Battlefield Palette, Predynastic 3150-3100 |
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Palette of Narmer (reverse), Archaic Period, Dynastic 0 or 1.
-3150-3100 BCE
--they most significant palette from amcient Egypt
-Narmer name is written three times.
(Narmer means striking catfish)
uneven ground-line
biggest figure
about to crack someone’s head
he is wearing white crown belongs to king of upper Egypt.
Above narmer is a falcon god named horis (symbolism of the pharaoh, has one tallen and human hand. Deafting the people of the pupyris land.
Standing on more people he has defeated
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-Palette of Narmer (obverse) Archaic Period
-3150-3100BCE
The other side
Wearing the red crown of lower Egypt, king of both lands, unifying them.
Divided into three parts
Lions intertwining necks, something political, lower and upper Egypt coming together.
Work of propaganda, the power of the king.
the power the narmer has brought together.
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| Step Pyramid complex, Sakkara, built for Djoser by Imhotep, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3. built entirely from small scale mud bricks. |
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| Portrait of Djoser, Sakkara, Old Kingdom |
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| Bent Pyramid, Dashur, built by Sneferu, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4. we don't know why there are two different angles. Builders realize that the angle 54.4 was too sleep. |
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| Bent Pyramid, Dashur, Built by Sneferu, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4 |
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The Pyramids at Giza, Old Kingdom, Dynast 4
Heriumu= khufu possible cousin, was the master builder of the pyramids of Giza or Khufus horizon. they thought the pyramid of Giza 20 years, but that is not possible. the building of pyramids was seasonal because of the flooding of the nile. |
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| The Sphinx of Giza, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4. (2570-2494) the body of a lion with a human head (a possible combination of Khafre and Khufu) carved from rock. |
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Portraits of Ra-hotep and Nofret, Dynasty 4, from Meidumc.
different skin because women did not go outside.
Very life like faces.
- there is a certain conflict between the natural looking faces and statue like bodies.
-finest examples of old kingdom painted statues.
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Portraits bust of Ankh-Haf son of the pharaoh Sneferu, Dynasty 4, from Giza
-very detailed.
-folds underneath eyes
-sad eyes
-he appears worried
-thinking face, true intelligence.
-devoted his life to Egypt
-no other Egyptian are depicts such naturalism.
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Portraits of Chephren (Khafre), Dynasty 4, Giza
520-2494 BCE
-his head is being cradled by horis
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| Portrait of Mycerinus and Khamerernebty, Dynasty 4, form Giza. |
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| Portrait of Ranofer, Dynasty 5, Sakkara |
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Tomb of Ti, Details: Cattle fording a stream. Dynasty , from Sakkara.
-supervising things
-shows hurders cows across the stream,
-how close the Egyptians depicted carving and paintings in the same piece of art.-very detailed
-nice bovine dialogue
-naturalism, likes to depict the natural world.
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Panel of Hesire, Dynasty 3, Sakkara
holding the tools of his trade
he is standing to the right (canon)
his face is portrait
eyes showed frontally
inny belly button
shoulders frontal
profile legs
two arches haha two left
this is the way Egyptian art is positioned
-this is clearest way to depict a human body.
A nose is more like a nose in profile view
An eye is more like an eye frontally
Depicts all body parts in there most predominant form
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Panel of Hesire, with Diagram of canon
-holding the tools of his trade
he is standing to the right (canon)
his face is portrait
eyes showed frontally
inny belly button
shoulders frontal
profile legs
two arches haha two left
this is the way Egyptian art is positioned
-this is clearest way to depict a human body.
A nose is more like a nose in profile view
An eye is more like an eye frontally
Depicts all body parts in there most predominant form
Dimensions 18 squares high
-6 sq legs, torso 10sq, head 2 sq Canon, very exact, very strict, they did this for 2000 years
Then they did 22 sq canon.
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| Imhotep was the first person to be known in history because of |
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| what he dis not what he was. |
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King Narmer
Snerferu
Khufu= Snerferu son
Khufu=master builder Hermiunu. |
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| The step pyramid of King Djoser. |
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| of the third dynasty. Egypt's first great royal tomb built by the kings architect, Imhotep, at the necropolis of Memphis in lower egypt. |
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| Chronology of Ancient Art. |
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Paleolithic (old stone age art) 40,000-10/9,000 BCE
Mesolithic(Middle stone age art) 9,000-3,000 BCE
Neolithic (New stone age art) 8,000-3,500 BCE
Protoliterate Sumer 3500-3000
Early dynastic sumer 3000-2340
Akkadian Period 2300-2159
Neo-Sumarian 2140-2000 |
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| Chronology of Ancient Egyptian Art |
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Predynastic Period 4000-3150
Archaic (Early Dynastic) Period 3150-2686 (Dynasties 1-2)
Old Kingdom 2686-2181.
Dyn III: Step Pyramid at Sakkara (2680); Djoser (Zoser), Imhotep
Dyn. IV: Bent Pyramid ar Dahshur (2610); Sneferu
"Great Pyramid" at Giza (2580): Khufu (Cheops), Hemon
Khafre (Chephren), Sphinx (2550)
Menkaure (Mycerinus) (2530)
Bust of Ankh-haf (2450)
Dyn. V: Mastaba of Ti, Sakkara (2450)
First Intermediate Period, 2181-2040
Middle Kingdom, 2040-1782
Dyn. XI: Mentuhotep, Funerary Complex at Deir el-Bahari
Dyn. XII: Portraits of Sesostris (Senusret) III
Second Intermediate Period, 1782-1570
New Kingdom, 1570-1070
Dyn. XVIII: Thebes
Hatshepsut (1498-1483): Temple at Deir el-Bahari
Tuthmosis III (1504-1450)): Karnak
Amenhotep III: Luxor; Amenhotep, son of Hapu
Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes (Menena, Nakht, Rekhmire)
Akhenaten, Nefertiti (1350-1334); Tell Amarna
Tutankhamun (1334-1325)
Dyn. XIX: Ramesses II (1279-1212): Abu Simbel |
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| Chronology of Ancient Egyptian Art. |
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Predynastic 4,000-3150
early dynastic dynastic 3150-2686
old kingdom 2686-2181
first intermediate period 2181-2040
Middle kingdom 2040-1782
second intermediate period 1782-1570
New Kingdom 1570-1070 |
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