Chapter 3
Ancient Egypt
UNIFICATION OF EGYPT
Stokstad, p. ?
Flashcard
3-2 Palette of King Narmer
Hierarchy of
Scale
Composite
View (or
Twisted
Perspective)
Gardner’s 12th ed., p. 58
www.music.eku.edu/.../examples/narmer.html
www.thepharaohs.net/pharaohs/Menes.cfm
http://mil.ccc.cccd.edu/classes/art100/module3.htm
OLD KINGDOM
3-8 Great pyramids of Gizeh, Egypt
(Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu),
faculty.evansville.edu/.../sum04/art105-12.html
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Canon of proportions
3-13 Menkaure and his
Queen Khamerernebty (?),
sculpture
Left leg longer
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3-14 Seated Scribe
NEW KINGDOM
Khan Academy
Mummification Process Video (3 min.)
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egyptart/ptolemaic/v/the-mummification-process
http://mil.ccc.cccd.edu/classes/art100/module4.htm
www.sandrashaw.com/AH1L24.htm
3-21 Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Flashcard
faculty.evansville.edu/.../sum04/art105-12.html
Colonnades
Chamfered pillars
CLERESTORY
Flashcard
3-27 Model of hypostyle
hall, temple of Amen-Re
3-26 Hypostyle hall,
temple of Amen-Re
www.arttreasuresofegypt.com/ArchitectureExamp...
AKHENATON
AND THE
AMARNA PERIOD
Amenhotep IV was surely the most unusual
ruler in the history of ancient Egypt. During
his 17 year reign, he radically transformed
the political, spiritual, and cultural life of the
country. He founded a new religion honoring
a single supreme god, the life-giving sun
deity Aten (sun’s disk), and he changed his
own name to Akhenaten meaning “one who
is effective on behalf of the Aten”.
Akhenaten abandoned Thebes, and created a
new capital for Egypt calling it Akhetaten
(“horizon of the Aten”), modern name Tell elAmarna.
How did Akhenaten change royal artistic
conventions? – Think about the sunken relief
Akhenaten and His Family
3-31 THUTMOSE, Queen Nefertiti sculpture
The name Nefertiti means “the beautiful one has
come”. Remember, Nefertiti is Akhenaton’s
influential wife.
Artist: Thutmose
This sculpture was found in 1912, along with
drawings and other items related to
commissions for the royal family (patron).
Function: It may have served as a model for fulllength sculptures or paintings of the queen.
DT: The proportions of Nefertiti’s refined,
regular features, long neck, and heavy-lidded
eyes appear almost too ideal to be human, but
are eerily consistent with standards of beauty in
our own culture.
Part of the appeal of this portrait bust, aside
from its stunning beauty, may be the artist’s
dramatic use of color.
Khan Academy video on Bust of Nefertiti (
Class Quiz
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egypt-art
With a partner, discuss what the context of
the head of Nefertiti.
UNDULATING LINES
CURVILINEAR
Flashcard
3-35 Akhenatom, Nefertiti, and three daughters
Gardner’s 12th ed., p. 79
Egyptian relief sculptures often employed the sunken relief
technique seen here. In ordinary reliefs, the background is
carved back so that the figures project out from the finished
surface. In sunken relief, the original flat surface of the stone
is reserved as background, and the outlines of the figures are
deeply incised, permitting the development of
three- dimensional forms within them.
Khan Academy Video (5 Min.)
on Akhenaten and His Family
Class Quiz
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egypt-art
TUTANKHAMEN
AND THE
POST-AMARNA PERIOD
o The return to tradition with Tutankhamun,
who was Akhenaton’s son by a minor wife,
is the most famous figure in the
Post- Amarna period.
o Akhenaton’s new religion and revolutionary
art outlived him by only a few years. The
priesthood of Amun quickly regained its former
power, and Tutankhaten returned to
traditional religious beliefs, changing his name
to Tutankhamun – “Living Image of Amun”. And
moving the court back to Thebes.
• Tutankhamun was only about 8 or 9 years old
when he came to the throne in about 1332 B.C.
He ruled for a decade, and at the age of 19,
he died and was buried in the Valley of the Kings,
a remote canyon on the west bank of the Nile in
Thebes. Why there???
• He died from a young age from poor health and
serious injury. Buried with 2 special people.
• Tut was heir to an immense realm that stretched
north almost to the Euphrates River and south to
the Fourth Cataract of the Nile.
Unlike other royal
tombs, King Tut’s
tomb was found
with riches,
jewels, and
treasures. Why
was his tomb not
robbed?
Tutankhamun passed away with no heir. The
next kings wiped his name from the archives,
perhaps because of his association with the
hated king Akhenaten.
Little did they know that by erasing his existence
from official records, they would be ensuring that
his name would live forever…
While all of the later tombs were robbed and
their treasures scattered, Tutankhamun’s
remained untouched, hidden safely beneath
the sands.
Who discovered the tomb???
Steve Martin Video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTPH5y1-ZI
Let’s look at the
souvenir book, I
bought in 2002
at the King Tut
exhibit.
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3-39
Book of the Dead
faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Egyptian/Egyptian.html
Last Judgment of Hunefer
• Represents the final judgment of the
deceased.
Ancient Egypt Coffin… Book of the Dead (1 min.)
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-artcivilizations/egypt-art/ptolemaic/v/ancient-egyptian-coffin