1. Egypt Dates and Places: 3500-1000BCE Nile River Valley People:
Prehistory Prehistory
People:
Divine rulers
Agriculture
Hieroglyphic writing system
Polytheism
Great Pyramids, ca BCE. Fig. 1-1.

2. Egypt Themes: Gods Rulers Life and death Offerings Forms:
Stone and mud brick construction
Natural and conceptual treatments of figures
Registers of space
Hierarchy of scale
Thutmose, Nefertiti, ca BCE. Fig

3. Egypt: Predynastic Period
Palette of King Narmer, ca BCE. Fig. 1-22

4. Egypt: Predynastic Period
Example:
Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
Divine ruler and gods
Symbols of authority
Hieroglyphs
Hierarchy of scale
Composite view
Palette of King Narmer, ca BCE. Fig. 1-22

5. Egypt: Early Dynastic Period
Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precint of Djoser, BCE.
Fig

6. Egypt: Early Dynastic Period
Example:
Funerary precinct
Burial pyramid and temples
Pyramid based on mastaba
Symbol of king’s godlike power
First named artist in recorded history
Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precint of Djoser, BCE. Fig

7. Egypt: Old Kingdom
Great Pyramids, ca BCE. Fig. 1-1.

8. Egypt: Old Kingdom Example:
Funerary precinct with burial pyramids and temples
Pyramid symbol of god Re
Testifies to king’s power
Masonry construction with internal chambers
Stone facing reflected sun
Great Pyramids, ca BCE. Fig. 1-1.

9. Egypt: Old Kingdom Menkaure and Khamerernebty(?),
ca BCE. Fig

10. Egypt: Old Kingdom Example: Sculpture for king’s temple
Home for king’s ka
Symbols of rulership
Ideal proportions of godlike king
Timeless double portrait
Typical Egyptian pose
Queen’s pose indicates marriage
Menkaure and Khamerernebty(?),
ca BCE. Fig

11. Egypt: New Kingdom
Restored view of the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, begun 15th century BCE.
Fig. 1-31

12. Egypt: New Kingdom Example: Temple complex for god Amen-Re
Along Nile River
Symbolic architecture and landscape design
Pylon temple on symmetrical axis
Restricted access to hypostyle hall
Restored view of the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, begun 15th century BCE. Fig. 1-31

13. Egypt: New Kingdom
Thutmose, Nefertiti, ca BCE. Fig

14. Egypt: New Kingdom Example:
Brief period of monotheism and political change
Influential queen
Named sculptor
Rejection of artistic tradition?
Ideal beauty over true likeness
Inlaid eyes
Thutmose, Nefertiti, ca BCE. Fig