AP Art History Chapter 3: Study Guide
Key Vocabulary
Pharaohs
Narmer
Great Pyramids
rock-cut tombs
hypostyle halls
block statues
dynasties
steeped pyramid
mortuary temple
pillar statues
Akhenaton
death mask
palette
Imhotep
Hatshepsut
pylon temples
Amarna Period
Tutankhamen
Key Images from Gardner’s Art through the Ages
Artist
Gardner
Subject
FIG. Number
Key Idea
Early Kingdom
Imhotep
Old Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
New Kingdom
New Kingdom
New Kingdom
New Kingdom
New Kingdom
Post-Kingdom
Unification
First pyramid
Monumental tomb
Monumental statue
Rigid monumental
Formal and eternal
Optical reality
Rock-cut tombs
Hatshepsup
Pillar statues
Hypostyle hall
Block statue
Amarna style
Amarna style
Traditional style
3-3
3-5, 3-6
3-8, 3-9, 3-10
3-11
3-12
3-13
3-14
3-18, 3-19,
3-20
3-22, 3-23
3-24, 3-25, 3-26
3-27
3-30
3-31
3-38
Palette of Narmer
Stepped Pyramid
Gizeh Pyramids
Great Sphinx
Khafre Seated
Menkaure statue
Seated Scribe
Mortuaries
Mortuary Temple
Temple of Ramses
Temple Amen-Re
Senmut
Akhenaton
Nefertiti
Temple of Horus
Study Materials
Be sure to reference the general art resources available from the New York Met at
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/newegypt/htm/a_index.htm
Other sources available at
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/ and at
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Essay Questions.
1 Palette of Narmer ((FIG. 3-3).
Question: Can you identify and discuss the story that is narrated on this stone palette?
You should identify the piece by name, and know the story of Narmer’s violent unification of
Upper and Lower Egypt. They should be able to note the size, and therefore the importance, of
Narmer compare to the other figures, and to explain how then he is shown as a divine ruler.
2. Stature of Akhenaton (FIG. 3-30).
Question: Can you describe how the representation of the King and his Queen compare to the
standing figure? How do they differ?
You should be able to discern the differences in the formal representation of the Old Kingdom
King and Queen to the more stylized figure of the Amarna Period statue of Akhenaton.
3. How does the the traditional Egyptian style compare to the revolutionary Amarna style as seen
in the statue of Akhenaton and the bust of Nefertiti?