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Ancient Egyptian Art
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Ancient Egypt
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People, boats, and animals, detail of a watercolor copy of a wall painting from tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, ca. 3500–3200 BCE. Paint on plaster, entire painting 16’ 4” X 3’ 7 3/8”. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Predynastic, Early Dynasties, and the Old Kingdom
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Stylistic Conventions of Egyptian Art
Palette of Narmer: a blueprint for a formula for figure representation and other conventions seen in Egyptian art for nearly 3000 years.
Palette of King Narmer (left, back; right, front), from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, ca. 3000–2920 BCE. Slate, 2’ 1” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Early Funerary Architectural Forms
Section (top), plan (center),and restored view (bottom) of typical Egyptian mastaba tombs.
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IMHOTEP, Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Restored view (top) and plan (bottom) of the mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Columnar entrance corridor to the mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Detail of the facade of the north palace of the mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Aerial view of the Fourth Dynasty pyramids (looking north), Gizeh, Egypt. From bottom: Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 2490–2472 BCE; Khafre, ca. 2520–2494 BCE; and Khufu, ca. 2551–2528 BCE.
The Pyramids
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Section of the Pyramid of Khufu, Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2551–2528 BCE.
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Model of the pyramid complex, Gizeh, Egypt. Harvard University Semitic Museum, Cambridge. 1) Pyramid of Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) mortuary temple of Khafre, 4) causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) valley temple of Khafre, 7) Pyramid of Khufu, 8) pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles.
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Khafre enthroned, from Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2520–2494 BCE. Diorite, 5’ 6” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Sculptors at work, detail of the south wall of the main hall of the funerary chapel of Rekhmire, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1425 BCE.
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Great Sphinx (with Pyramid of Khafre in the background at left), Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2520–2494 BCE. Sandstone, 65’ X 240’.
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty(?), from Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2490–2472 BCE. Graywacke, 4’ 6 1/2” high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Seated scribe, from Saqqara, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2500 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 9” high. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, relief in the mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, ca. 2450–2350 BCE. Painted limestone, 4’ high.
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Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal, reliefs in the mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, ca. 2450 – 2350 BCE. Painted limestone.
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Middle Kingdom
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Painted sandstone seated statue of Mentuhotep II, 11th Dynasty, c. 2061–2010 BC, Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (looking southwest), Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1473–1458 BCE.
New Kingdom
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Hatshepsut with offering jars, from the upper court of her mortuary temple, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1473–1458 BCE. Red granite, 8’ 6” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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King and queen of Punt and attendants, relief from the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1473–1458 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 3” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Aerial view of the temple of Amen-Re (looking north), Karnak, Egypt, major construction 15th – 13th centuries BCE (Jean Claude Golvin).
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3-24A Aerial view of the temple of Amen-Re, Mut, and Khonsu (looking east), Luxor, Egypt, 18th and 19th Dynasties, begun early 14th century BCE.
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Relief showing the sacred bark procession, in the sanctuary of Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Columns and clerestory of the hypostyle hall of the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290–1224 BCE.
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Model of the hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290 – 1224 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Figure 3-28 Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400–1350 BCE. Fresco secco, 2’ 8” high. British Museum, London.
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Musicians and dancers, detail of a mural from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE. Fresco secco, 1’ x 2’ 3”. British Museum, London.
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Akhenaton, colossal statue from the temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Sandstone, 13’ high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Akhenaton and
the Amarna Period
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters, from Amarna, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Limestone, 1’ 1/4” high. Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.
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Tomb of Ramose, Private Tomb ("Tombs of the Nobles") at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
18th Dynasty, ca 1375 BCE
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THUTMOSE, bust of Nefertiti, from Amarna, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 8” high. Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.
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Portrait of Tiye, from Ghurab, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Yew wood, gold, silver, alabaster, faience, and lapis lazuli, 8 7/8” high. Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.
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Figure 3-35 Death mask of Tutankhamen, from the innermost coffin in his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones, 1’ 9 1/4” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
King Tut
reverts back to the earlier conventions
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Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen, from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones, 6’ 1” long. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Throne with footstool, from the Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1333–1323 BCE. Gold with enamel
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Painted chest, from the Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1333–1323 BCE. Wood, 1’ 8” long. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Continuity of Ancient Egyptian Art
Despite some alterations and short deviations (Amarna) from their artistic tradition, why did Egyptians maintain such continuity in their art (statue of Mentuemhet, ca. 650 BCE) and architecture (Temple of Horus, ca. 237 – 47 BCE)?
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Portrait statue of Mentuemhet, from Karnak, Egypt, 26th Dynasty, ca. 660–650 BCE. Granite, 4’ 5” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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2490–2472 BCE
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Relief showing the sacred bark procession, in the sanctuary of Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Fragment from bark shrine of Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
Purification and Crowning of the king by Thoth & Horus, at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Temple of Horus (looking east), Edfu, Egypt, ca. 237 – 47 BCE.
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