Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Egyptian Art
- Early Dynastic
- Step Pyramid at Djoser
Anmerkungen:
- Evolved at the same time as the Ziggurats.
Tombs for kings.
Surrounded by artificial city and god shrines.
- 2600s
- Old Kingdom
- Pyramids at Gizeh
Anmerkungen:
- Big for pharaohs, little for family.
Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure.
False tombs and royal passages
- 2500s
- Ka Image of Khafre
Anmerkungen:
- Gnice (hard stone)
Quiet/ inactive figure
No negative space
Hawk god Horus protects him
Idealized
- 2500-2400
- Scribe Kay
Anmerkungen:
- True size and age
Not idealized
Eyes made of glass
- 2500s
- Hippopotamus Hunt
Anmerkungen:
- Tomb of Ti
Poses and sizes show rank
- 2400-2300
- New Kingdom
- Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
- 1400s
Anmerkungen:
- Senmut
Papyrus bundle columns
Hypostyle halls
Scewomorph (papyrus bundles)
- Fouling Scene
- 1400-1300
Anmerkungen:
- Shows Nebamun hunting
Painted
Hierarchy of scale
Egyptian stance
In action
- Book of the Dead of Hunefer
- 1300-1200
Anmerkungen:
- Papyrus Scroll
Weighing heart against feather
Hierarchy of scale
Anubis, Thoth, Horus, Osiris, Nepthys
- Amarna
- Ka Image of Akhenaton
Anmerkungen:
- Looks feminine
"Mother of Egypt"
Cobra- mark of his monotheistic faith (Aten)
- 1300s
- Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Their Daughters Giving Libations to the Sun
Anmerkungen:
- Broke Rules of Formality (Casual situation)
- 1300s
- Head of Nefertiti and Queen Tiye
Anmerkungen:
- Painted wood
Model for Ka images, not a Ka image itself
Eye left undone purposefully to show it's a model
- Tiye: Original wore a wig
From South Africa
Egyptian women shown pale, men dark or red
- 1300s