egyptian art

Question 1

similarities in rock art and egypt art (3)

Answer 1

warm colours
flat/ little depth +overlapping
obvious what it portrayed

Question 2

egyptians art differences to rock art (3)

Answer 2

3 dimensional structure
defined religious rignificance
similar perspective and recognisable style

Question 3

mummification purpose (3)

Answer 3

preserved bodies so that they would have good afterlife

organs except heart removed, body covered in oil and wrapped in 20 layers of linen

Question 4

pyramid purpose (3)

Answer 4

contain corpses of pharaoh
passage to afterlife
many pyramid chambers in pyramid contained worldly goods for afterlife

Question 5

statues vs relief (2)

Answer 5

3d culptures portraying people

figures projecting from supporting structure/background

Question 6

rosetta stone (3)

Answer 6

had 3 languages (heiroglyphs, demotic, ancient greek)

Question 7

social hierarchy egypt (4)

Answer 7

pharaoh
nobles
scribes/graftspeople
farmer/servant/slave

Question 8

egypt religion (3)

Answer 8

polytheistic
anthropomorphic gods
idealisation