1. Egyptian Art

2. 3000 B.C. – 1000 B.C. Egypt is said to have the 1st great art style
3 purposes for art
Art for the home
Art for the gods
Art for the dead

3. There were strict rules the artists had to follow

4. Paintings had to have
Side view of the feet
Front view of the shoulders
Side view of the head
Front view of one eye

5. Their gods were the combination of animal forms and human forms.
This shows the god Annubis with the head of a jackal mummifying the king

7. Annubis is weighing the heart of the dead
Larger figures were considered more important than smaller figures

8. They used a grid to exactly measure the size of the figures

9. Painting was often narrative which means it told a story
Painting was often narrative which means it told a story. This painting shows a cow being slaughtered and then taken to the king to be eaten.

10. This painting shows the king doing a little hunting while in his boat
This painting shows the king doing a little hunting while in his boat. His queen and his servant are with him

12. Ankh This is an Egyptian symbol that means life.
You would find it in many paintings

13. Egyptian sculpture also had many rules.
No emotion
Block like
Fists clinched
Basic positions like sitting or standing
Web of stone between legs and between arms and body
Left foot forward

14. The king and his queen

15. King Thutmose the III

17. King Tutankhamen (Tut)
The boy king

18. He came into power when he was 8 or 9 and died 10 years later
He came into power when he was 8 or 9 and died 10 years later. His death was caused by a blow to the head.

19. The bodies of the kings were mummified
The organs were placed in jars
The brain was taken out through the nose with a long hook
The body was dried in salt
Then soaked in oils
Wrapped in mummy cloth
Coated with wax
Face painted on it

20. The body was then placed in a stone box called a sarcophagus

21. The Egyptians had a strong belief in the afterlife
They called their soul ka
They built an entire city for the dead called a necropolis
The dead enjoyed life just like they did in their earthly life

22. Egyptian Architecture The evolution of the pyramid
mastaba
Step pyramid
Bent Pyramid

23. Step Pyramid
Designed by Imhotep, the first known architect/artist

24. The great Pyramid of Cheops
775 ft. in length
450 ft. high
Covered 13 acres
Over 2,000,000 stones
Each stone weighing 21/2 tons

26. The Sphinx

27. With the body of a lion

28. And the head of King Chefron

30. The Great Pyramid at Cheops

31. When they got tired of their tombs being robbed, they built their tombs by carving into the sides of cliffs

32. The front of a necropolis

33. The Great Temple