ART 101 STUDY GUIDE #2 EGYPTIAN ART
Egyptian Art
People, boats, animals., [copy of] wall painting, Hierakonpolis,c.3500-3200 BCE
Palette of King Narmer, c.3000-2920 BCE, slate, 25"
Old Kingdom
Hesire from his tomb at Saqqara, c. 2650, wood 3’9” H.
Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser, c. 2630-2611 BCE, stone, Saqqara, 204'
Papyrus columns,Mortuary District of King Djoser, c.2630-2611BCE
Pyramid Complex at Giza, c.2551-2472 BCE, stone
Sphinx at Giza, c.2520-2494 BCE, sandstone
Khafre, Giza, c.2520-2494 BCE. diorite Ka statue.
Menkaure and His Queen, Giza, c. 2490-2472 BCE, slate
Seated Scribe, c.2450-2350 BCE, painted limestone, from Saqqara
Ka-Aper from tomb at Saqqara, c.2450-2350 BCE, wood, from Saqqara
Middle Kingdom
Rock-cut tombs, c.1950-1900 BCE, Beni Hasan
Interior, tomb of Amenemhet, Beni Hasan, c.1950-1900 BCE
New Kingdom
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, c. 1473-1458 BCE Deir el-Bahri.
Hatshepsut with offering jars, c. 1473-1458. Red granite 8’6” H Deir el-Bahri
Temple of Rameses II, Abu Simbel, c.1290-1224 BCE [relocated]
Interior of temple Rameses II, Abu Simbel, c.1290-1224 BCE. Sandstone. Pillars 32’ H.
Temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, plan, views, c.1275-1224 BCE hypostyle temple, sunken relief
columns
Temple of Horus, c 237-47 BCE, Edfu, example of pylon temple.
Senmut with Princess Nefrua, c.1470-1460 BCE, granite.
Fowling Scene from tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, c. 1400-1350 BCE fresco on dry plaster
Akhenaton, c. 1353-1355 BCE, Karnak.
Thutmose, Queen Nefertiti, c.1353-1335 BCE. Painted limestone. Tell el-Amarna
Death mask of Tutankhamun, c. 1323 BCE, gold, inlaid stone/shell, Thebes.
Painted chest, tomb of Tutankhamen, c. 1333-1323 BCE, wood. Thebes.
Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer from his tomb, c. 1290-1280 BCE. Painted papyrus scroll, Thebes.
TERMS TO DEFINE
pharaoh, dynasty
pyramid, mastaba
sphinx
papyrus, lotus
ka
mummy
Howard Carter
hypostyle hall
cartouche
Abu Simbel, Luxor, Thebes
Serdab
Hathor, Osirus, Amon, Aten
valley temple/mortuary temple
Valley of the Kings/Queens
Rosetta Stone
sarcophagus
pylon
post & lintel
hieroglyphics/pictograph
Giza, Deir-el-Bahri
Block statues
fresco secco
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Egyptian Art Over Time
Ancient Egyptian civilization flourished for more than 3,00 years. It is one of the earliest and
greatest of world cultures. During this time, Egyptian records list thirty dynasties – families of
pharoahs – that ruled and reshaped Egypt. Scholars have organized these dynasties into major
periods of political and artistic achievement.
Predynastic period
5000-3100 BCE
Hieroglyphic writing develops
Early Dynastic Period
3100 – 2686 BCE
1st and 2nd dynasties
Old Kingdom
2686-2181 BCE
3rd to 6th dynasties
Egypt unites, becomes the world’s first nation
state.
First Intermediate Period
2181-2040 BCE
7th to 11th dynasties
Middle Kingdom
2040 – 1650 BCE
12th and 13th dynasties
Second Intermediate Period
1650-1550 BCE
14th to 17th dynasties
Early New Kingdom
1550-1295 BCE
18th dynasty
Late New Kingdom
1295-1069 BCE
19th and 20th dynasties
Third Intermediate Period
1069-656 BCE
21st to 25th dynasties
Late Period
664 – 343 BCE
26th to 30th dynasties
Second Persian Occupation
343-332 BCE
Ptolemaic/Greco-Roman Period
332 BCE to 642 CE
Information provided by Field Museum, Chicago
Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) constructed
2589-2566 BCE
Great Sphinx built 2558-2532 BCE
Lyre from King’s grave at Ur
King Mycerinus and Queen Khamerernebty
Egypt undergoes civil breakdown
Egypt’s “Classic Era” begins
Egypt falls to the Near Eastern Rulers
Age of Empire and Warrior Kings begins
Temple of Karnak expanded
Luxor Temple and Colossi of Memnon built
Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut 1490
King Tutankhamun rules 1336-1327 BCE
The Ramesside Period begins 1186 BCE
King Rameses of biblical fame reigns 11841153 BCE
Abu Simbel built
Egypt again falls under foreign rule
Egyptians regain the throne
Greek Archaic and Classical periods
Alexander the Great conquers Egypt 332 BCE
Cleopatra defeated by Rome 30 BCE