1. Egyptian Art

2. Ancient EGYPT: Gift of the Nile

4. The Palette of King Narmer, c. 3100-3000 BCE, slate

5. Early Dynastic –3100 BCE Palette of Narmer Old Kingdom— 2700 – 2200 BCE Step Pyramid of Djosher Pyramids of Giza Sphinx Statue of Menkaure and Queen Seated Scribe (Kai?) Ti Watching Hippo Hunt Middle Kingdom

6. unification of Lower and Upper Egypt/ hierarchical proportion/ Horus (a human-armed falcon), Seth, Osiris, and Isis

7. other representations of the king/ Hathor/ ceremonial use of a utilitarian object

8. Attention to Appearance
Wigs, makeup and jewelry are lavish items used in Egyptian life shows the way they cared about image and appearance.

9. The Creation of the Heaven and the Earth, Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtasheru, c. 1025 BCE

10. Egyptian Gods

12. Imhotep. The Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser (Zoser), c
Imhotep. The Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser (Zoser), c BCE, Saqqara
First known and documented artist/architect. Plan derived from the stepped terrace look of a mesopatamian ziggurat.

13. King Djosher False Door

14. Top: Ba bird from the Valley of the Kings, tomb of Tutankhamun, c
Top: Ba bird from the Valley of the Kings, tomb of Tutankhamun, c BCE Bottom:Scarab pendant from the Valley of the Kings, tomb of Tutankhamun, c BCE

15. Egyptian gylphs symbolizing (left to right) life (the ankh), stability (the djed pillar), beauty, joy, and protection

16. the ka and the ba/ mummification and canopic jars/ scarabs and other amulets

17. mastaba and serdab/ necropolis/ stepped pyramid

18. first known instance of using columns in recorded history- Imhotep/ sed rituals and the priesthood

19. The Great Pyramids at Gizeh, 2600=2475 BCE ben-ben (compare with ziggurat)/ Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure/ Re/ celestial orientation

20. theories on the construction/ tiny interior spaces

21. Seated statue of Hemiunu (Gizeh) c. 2580 BCE, painted limestone

22. The Great Sphinx (Gizeh), c
The Great Sphinx (Gizeh), c BCE, sandstone image of absolute kingship/ eternal guardian (tutelary)/ association of the nose with the life force

23. Khafre (Gizeh), c BCE, diorite permanence of material/ intertwined lotus and papyrus/ Old Kingdom kilt/ canon of ideal proportions/ “block-like” characteristics/ subtractive method of carving

26. Menkaure and Khamerernebty (Gizeh), c. 2490-2472 BCE, slate

27. Triad of Menkaure with the goddess Hathor and the personifcation of the 7th Upper Egyptian nome (Gizeh), c BCE, slate

28. Left: Bust of the vizier Ankh-haf (Gizeh), c
Left: Bust of the vizier Ankh-haf (Gizeh), c BCE, painted limestone Right: Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret (Maidum), c BCE, painted limestone

29. Seated scribe (Saqqara), c
Seated scribe (Saqqara), c BCE, painted limestone use of increased realism in subordinate figures/ accounts by Herodotus

30. Ka-Aper (Saqqara), c. 2450-2350 BCE, wood

31. The Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE, basalt

32. Relief of Hesire (Saqqara), c
Relief of Hesire (Saqqara), c BCE, wood hieroglyphics and the Rosetta Stone/ Jean-Francois Champollion/ conceptual vs. optical approach/ twisting perspective and the use of a grid

33. Ti Watching a Hippopotamus hunt, relief in the mastaba of Ti (Saqqara), c BCE, painted limestone

34. False door from the tomb of Iyka (Saqqara) c. 2450 BCE, wood

35. Rock cut Tombs (Beni Hasan), c. 2000-1900 BCE constant threats to power

36. greater focus of interior of tombs/ sarcophagi/ fluted columns and a portico

37. Left: Relief depicting Amun receiving Sesostris I Right: The “White Chapel” of Sesostris I (Karnak), c BCE, limestone (where the relief is found)

38. Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re in the White Chapel at Karnak, Thebes, c.1930 BCE, limestone

39. Why is there a PREDYNASTIC and an EARLY DYNASTIC period to Egyptian History, instead of just Old, Middle & New? Why is the southern part of Egypt referred to as "Upper Egypt", and vice versa? Who was Imhotep, and what made him so special? Explain the similarities and differences between the ziggurat of Saqqara versus those in Mesopotamia. How did the Egyptians' belief in afterlife affect the creation of the pyramids? Egyptian architectural history seems preoccupied with tombs and burial. What are the chief concerns of Mesopotamian architecture? Looking at the statues of Khafra and Menkaure, describe what the ideal Old Kingdom Ruler should look like. What made Amenhotep IV's (New Dynasty) religion so different than anything before it?