Egyptian art and architecture
Pottery jar from Hierakonpolis 3500—3400 BCE
3 periods of prosperity Old Kingdom ( BCE) Middle Kingdom ( BCE) New Kingdom ( 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 BC)
King Menes (Narmer) Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in c BCE
The canon of proportions
Mastaba
Underground Burial Chambers
Djoser’s Funerary Complex 2681—2662 BCE
Funerary Temple
Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu at Giza (c 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 BC)
Menkaure and his Queen (c 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 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 BC)
The daughters of Akhenaten
Akhenaten and Nefertiti and their Children (c 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