Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art

1. Early Dynastic

   • Step Pyramid at Djoser
     • Evolved at the same time as the Ziggurats. Tombs for kings. Surrounded by artificial city and god shrines.   
     • 2600s

2. Old Kingdom

   • Pyramids at Gizeh
     • Big for pharaohs, little for family.  Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. False tombs and royal passages 
     • 2500s
   • Ka Image of Khafre
     • Gnice (hard stone) Quiet/ inactive figure No negative space Hawk god Horus protects him Idealized 
     • 2500-2400
   • Scribe Kay
     • True size and age Not idealized Eyes made of glass 
     • 2500s
   • Hippopotamus Hunt
     • Tomb of Ti Poses and sizes show rank 
     • 2400-2300

3. New Kingdom

   • Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
     • 1400s
       • Senmut Papyrus bundle columns Hypostyle halls Scewomorph (papyrus bundles) 
   • Fouling Scene
     • 1400-1300
       • Shows Nebamun hunting Painted Hierarchy of scale Egyptian stance In action 
   • Book of the Dead of Hunefer
     • 1300-1200
       • Papyrus Scroll Weighing heart against feather Hierarchy of scale Anubis, Thoth, Horus, Osiris, Nepthys 

4. Amarna

   • Ka Image of Akhenaton
     • Looks feminine "Mother of Egypt" Cobra- mark of his monotheistic faith (Aten) 
     • 1300s
   • Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Their Daughters Giving Libations to the Sun
     • Broke Rules of Formality (Casual situation)  
     • 1300s
   • Head of Nefertiti and Queen Tiye
     • 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