Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt - Art History



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Study Guide

Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt

Objectives:

1. Identify the formal and iconographic characteristics of painting and sculpture from the Early Dynastic to New Kingdom periods

2. Explain the shift in formal and iconographic characteristics in New Kingdom painting and sculpture of the Amarna Period

3. Discuss the funerary function and content of Egyptian art and architecture

4. Explain the relationship of Egyptian art and architecture and the Nile River

5. Describe the types of structures built in ancient Egypt and explain their functions

6. Identify how the Egyptian political system and their religious beliefs are reflected in works of art and architecture.

Key Concepts:

Egyptian mythology, conventions of power, tomb architecture, temples-mortuary and pylon, traditional vs. Amana style

Terms:

Mastaba Pylon Mortuary temple Rosetta Stone Senmut

Sphinx Diorite Ka Statue Hypostyle hall Pylon Temple

Pyramid Re Amarna Period/ Style Cella

Imhotep Horus Aton Stepped pyramid

Registers Ishtar Rock-cut tomb Mummification

Slides:

Palette of King Narmer (3-2)

Rosetta Stone (not in book)

King Djoser Step Pyramid (3-4, 3-6, 3-7)

Pyramids at Giza (3-8)

Great Sphinx (3-11)

Khafre Statue (3-12)

Menkaure and Khamerernebty (3-13)

Seated Scribe (3-14)

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt (3-16)

Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (3-20)

Queen Hatsheput with offering jars (3-21)

Temple of Ramses the II (3-22)

Hypostyle hall, Great Temple of Amun (3-25)

Akhenaton (3-32)

Nefertiti Bust (3-33)

Akhenaton, Nefertiti and their Children (not in book)

Akhenaton & Nefertiti, painted relief (not in book)

Coffin of Tutankhamen (3-36)

Death Mask of Tutankhamen (3-37)

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