Exam 1: Egypt Flashcards
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Afterlife
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- obsessed
- greater things for afterlife
2
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Nile River
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- fertile area for agricutlure
3
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Pharaoh
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- own land - amazing tombs/ pyramids
4
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Pyramid at Gizeh/ Giza
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- biggest pyramids
- took 20 years each
- limestone (almost solid)
- on w. bank - sun sets in w = death
- PD: ramp/ rail (go see)
- maze: trap b/c never suppose to enter after pharaoh entered UNTIL moved on (scavengers look for treasure/ take building material)
5
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Poor Burial
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- still buried with goods
6
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Burial of Official of Court - Nebamun
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- tomb: wall painting detail from the tomb of Nebamun parties, family hunting - enjoying afterlife
- composite view
7
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Composite View
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- how drew humans
- show most important angles - mix of profile and straight on
- profile: everything but arms, shoulders, eyes
- especially for upper class to look unnatural
8
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Narmer Palette
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- Narmer = 1st pharaoh to unite upper and lower Egypt
- wears both crowns of each kingdom (1 each side)
- enemy = formidable b/c almost same size as Narmer (hieratic scale)
- composite view
9
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King Tut/ Pharaoh Tutankhamen
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- tomb = tons of treasure
- shrine boxes and canopic jars
- sarcophagus, coffin, mummy, death mask
- mummy + 3 coverings + 10 boxes
- portraiture vs. representation: idealized
- chair: wife - almost same size as Tutankhamen
10
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Seated Scribe vs. Pharaoh Khafre
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- naturalistic: nothing to lose vs. idealized: elite, should look powerful, minimize negative space = looks bigger
11
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Pharaoh Khafre
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- sculpted as sphinx
- nose damaged
12
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Canon of Proportions
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- leave stone: minimize negative space, protection
- clenched fist: basic unit
- follow same sizing
- men/ women’s face = similar
13
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Canonical vs. Amarma Art
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- Amenhotep III: ideal
- Amenhotop IV (Akhenaten): realistic, flawed
14
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Queen Nefertiti
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- crown/ headdress
- ideal/ beautiful
- long neck, egghead
15
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Relief of Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti
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- pot belly
- long neck
- egg head
- strong children
