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Egyptian art and architecture
Pottery jar from Hierakonpolis3500—3400 BCE
3 periods of prosperity
• Old Kingdom (2700-2100 BCE)• Middle Kingdom (2100-1700 BCE)• New Kingdom (1600-1000 BCE)
Sign and symbols of Upper and Lower Egypt
• Upper Egypt– Horus (falcon god)– White tall conical crown
• Lower Egypt– Papyrus plant– Red crown with cobra attached
Palette of Narmer (c. 2700 BC)
King Menes (Narmer)• Unification of Upper
and Lower Egypt in c. 3150 BCE
The canon of proportions
Underground Burial Chambers
Djoser’s Funerary Complex2681—2662 BCE
Funerary Temple
Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu at Giza (c. 2601-2515 BC)
Plan of pyramids
Khufu’s boat
Khafre’s Valley Temple
How a pyramid was constructed
Ka statue of Khafre from Giza
The Sphinx (c. 2570-2544 BC)
Menkaure and his Queen (c. 2548-2530 BC)
Pepy II and His Mother,
Queen Merye-ankhnes
Seated Scribes
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus
Hunt
Kahun Layout
Senwosret III
Ramses II and Obelisk
Hatshepsut
• Tuthmose I (father)• Tuthmose II (brother)• Tuthmose III• Senenmut
Hatshepsut as Sphinx and with beard
Hatshepsut’s funerary temple at Deir-el-Bahri (c. 2009-1997 BC)
The Temple of Ramses at Abu Simbel
Akhenaten• King Amenhotep IV• Adopted a religious
system based on a single god (monotheistic)
• Primary god: Aten (the sun disk)
• Changed name to Akhenaten
• Amarna style art
• Son of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiy
• Changed name from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten:“He who is of service to Aten”
Nefertiti (c. 1360 BC)
The daughters of Akhenaten
Akhenaten and Nefertiti and their Children (c. 1370-1353 BC)
Queen Tiy• Mother of Akhenaten
Fish-shaped vase (glass)
Howard Carter entering the tomb of Tutankhamen
Tutankhamen
These things are important• Signs and symbols
of Upper and Lower Egypt
• Palette of Narmer• Representation of
the Human Figure• Canon of
proportions• Mastaba• Funerary temples
• Pyramids of Giza• Kahun• Term: “Pharaoh”• Hypostyle hall• Peristyle• Ramses II’s obelisks• Sunken relief• King Tut