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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt
Palette of King Narmer D: ca. 2950 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Early Dynastic
PeriodA: Unknown artistPa: King NarmerM/T: StoneF: Commemorate the unification of
Upper and Lower Egypt. Show Osiris giving power to King Narmer
DT: Narmer on both sides of palette combines profile views of his head, legs, and arms with front views of his eye and torso.
Ideas: To ensure safety and happiness in the afterlife.
Diagram of a Mastana Tombp. 59Figure 3-3D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Egyptian Early Dynastic PeriodF: Egyptians buried their dead here. D/T: simple tomb with four sloping sides
and an entrance for mourners. Shaft connects chamber to outside.
Ideas: obsession with the dead. Spirit of Ka will live on in the afterlife.
Stepped Pyramid of King DjoserD: ca. 2950 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Early Dynastic
PeriodA: ImhotepPa: King DjoserL: Saqqara, EgyptM/T: Stone, LimestoneF: Tomb in order to protect King’s
remains. Symbolizes absolute & godlike power.
DT: Designed as if 6 mastaba-like stacked upon each other.
Ideas: Believe that they were creating a stairway to the sun god Ra. House for the ka.
Great Pyramids, Gizehp. 62Figure 3-8D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Old KingdomL: Gizeh, Egypt F: Giant monuments for the dead
pharaohs. Pharaoh buried within the pyramid.
M/T: huge pile of limestoneD/T: giant monuments. Each pyramid
had an enjoining mortuary temple. Each side oriented to a point on a compass.
Ideas: symbols of the sun.
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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt
Great SphinxD: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Old KingdomA: UnknownPa: Pharaoh (Khafre?)L: Gizeh, EgyptF: Tomb in order to protect King’s
remains. Symbolizes absolute & godlike power.
DT: Joins the body of a lion with the head of a pharaoh. Associated with the sun god, (honoring sun god?)
Ideas: Combines human intelligence with the strength and authority of a lion.
Khafre, from Gizehp. 65Figure 3-12D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Old KingdomL: Egyptian Museum, CairoF: symbol of a united Egypt in the
interlocking of lotus and papyrus plants at the base.
M/T: dioriteD/T: idealized features and body. Falcon
god Horus is behind Khafre, protecting him, frontal symmetrical, rigid, motionless, cubic.
Ideas: statue of eternity. Strict Egyptian canon of proportions.
Menkaure and Khamerernebty D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Old KingdomA: UnknownPa: Menkaure and KhamerernebtyL: Menkaure’s Valley Temple F: Substitute homes for the ka of the
pharaoh and queen.DT: Sculptor reveals queens curves of
her body under her garment. Rigid, Stiff.
Ideas: Substitute homes for the ka of the pharaoh and queen. Posture suggests timeless nature.
Seated Scribe p.66; Figure 3-14D: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Old KingdomF: sculpture for a mustabaD/T: wooden sculpture with sagging
chest and realistic rather than idealistic. Color remains. Attentive expression, thin, angular face.
Ideas: Egyptian Realism
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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus HuntD: ca. 2500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Old KingdomA: UnknownPa: TiM/T: LimestoneL: Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, EgyptF: Limestone Relief to decorate the
interior walls & ceilings of the tombs of wealthy families.
DT: Traditional Composite View. Hunting scene
Ideas: Triumph of good (Ti) over evil (Seth). Hippos represent destruction of crops. Metaphor for triumph over the forces of evil.
Head of Senusret IIIP.69Figure 3-18D: ca. 1800 BCEP/S: Middle KingdomL: Egyptian Museum, CairoF: reflect period of unrestD/T: Moody look in the eyes and mouth.
Depressed instead of heroic, firm chin, folds of flesh between brows and corners of nose and mouth.
Ideas: pessimistic mood in the Middle Kingdom. Realism.
Mortuary temple of HatshepsutD: ca. 1500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: New KingdomA: Senmut (?)Pa: HatshepsutL: Deir el-Bahri, EgyptF: Shrine provided the ruler with a place
for worshiping their patron gods during their lifetime and then served as temples in their own honor after death.
DT: Integrated into natural setting, three colonnaded terraces connected by ramps on the central axis.
Ideas: Reliefs depicts Hatshepsut’s divine birth.
Hatshepsut with offering jarsp. 72Figure 3-22D: ca. 1500 BCEP/S: New KingdomL: Deir-el-Bahri, EgyptF: portray Hatshepsut as a male kingD/T: holding globular offering jar in
each hand. Hatshepsut is wearing royal male nemes headdress. Figure is anatomically male.
Ideas: male imagery of a woman
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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt
Temple of Ramses IID: ca. 1500 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: New KingdomPa: Ramses IIL: Abu Simbel, EgyptM/T: SandstoneF: proclaims Ramses II greatness by
placing 4 colossal images of himself on the temple
DT: Stiff rigid eternal Ideas: Power and eternal being would
never die off
Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amen Rep. 75Figure 3-26D: ca. 1200 BCEP/S: New KingdomL: Karnak, EgyptF: glorify Egypt’s rulersD/T: massive columns and roofed by
stone slabs, central columns are 66 ft high and capitals are 22 ft in diameter.
Ideas: raising the roof’s sentral section created a clerestory. Permits sunlight to enter in the interior.
AkhenatonD: ca. 1380 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Amarna PeriodPa: AkhenatonL: Temple of Aton Karnak, EgyptM/T: SandstoneF: Pharaoh claimed to be the son & sole
prophet of Aton.DT: Effeminate body Curving contours
Long face Full lips Heavy-lidded eyes Weak arms Narrow waist Protruding belly Wide hips Fatty thighs.
Ideas: Declared Aton the only god Sun disk is sexless so is he.
Nefertiti p. 78Figure 3-33D: ca. 1300 BCEP/S: Amarna PeriodL: Tell-el-Armana, EgyptF: portray Akhenaton’s queenM/T: Painted LimestoneD/T: long-ellegant neck, realistic face,
deliberately unfinishedIdeas: Idealistic image of a women.
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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt
Queen TiyeD: ca. 1380 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Amarna PeriodPa: Queen TiyeL: Gurob, EgyptM/T: Wood, with gold, silver, alabaster,
and lapis lazuliDT: Relaxation of artistic rules. Shown
as an older woman with lines in her face heavy eye lids
Ideas: Dark yew wood was chosen to match her complexion
Akhenaton and his Familyp. 79Figure 3-35D: ca. 1300 BCEP/S: Armana PeriodL: Tell el-Armana, Egypt\F: portray an informal perspective of
Akhenaton and his royal familyM/T: LimestoneD/T: sunken-relief style stele. Curves
instead of rigid lines, prominent bellies. Pharaoh, wife, and three daughters. Aton the sun disk.
Ideas: Royal Intimacy
King Tutankhamen (Death Mask and Inner Coffin)D: ca. 1380 BCEP/S: Ancient Egypt: Amarna PeriodPa: King TutankhamenL: Thebes, EgyptM/T: Gold with inlay of enamel and
semiprecious stones.F: Expressive of Egyptian power, pride,
& influence.DT: Innermost of 3 coffins1/4 ton of
gold Semiprecious stones (lapis lazuli, turquoise, & carnelian)Godlike (portrays Tutankhamen as Osiris)
Ideas: Housed the ka protected the body in order to have a happy afterlife.
Last Judgment of Hu-Neferp. 81Figure 3-39D: ca. 1300 BCEP/S: Amarna PeriodL: Thebes, EgyptF: represent final judgment of deceasedM/T: Painted Papyrus scrollD/T: formality of stance, shape, and
attitude of traditional Egyptian art. Ideas: Narrative, Composite view
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AP Art HistoryChapter 3 Q-Cards: Ancient Egypt
Temple of HorusD: ca. 237–47 BCE. L: Edfu, EgyptDT: Tradition of Egyptian formal / style
continues Reliefs depict Horus & Hathor Basic pylon temple plan Impressive entrance Broad surface of a massive façade sloping walls.
Ideas: Would protect the city entrance to some afterlife? Shows how traditions is very important.
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