Predynastic and Old Kingdom (Egypt) Flashcards
1
Q
pharaoh
A
ruler who was like a living god
- dominates cultural mindset
2
Q
Ka
A
immortal human life force
3
Q
palette
A
thin board where pigments are mixed
4
Q
hieroglyph
A
Egyptian picture writing
5
Q
mastaba
A
rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside shaft
6
Q
necropolis
A
large burial area or cemetery
-“city of the dead”
7
Q
engaged column
A
a half round column attached to a wall
8
Q
diorite
A
hard imported stone used for funerary purposes
- statue of Khafre
9
Q
live rock
A
carved away from existing stone
10
Q
Narmer Palette
A
- depicts concrete historical event
- slate, 2 ft tall
- ceremonial palette
- moment when upper egypt conquered lower egypt
- shown in symbols, writing, and pictures
- composite view
- symbolic and ritualized, not in battle
- no drama
- hierarchy of scale
- bird depicts the event in a symbolic way, as does the bull
11
Q
Djoser’s funerary complex, Saqqara
A
- part of a large necropolis
- for only dead king and ceremonial events
- develop out of the shaped of the mastaba
- symbolic stairway, visible from afar
- light rays or a triangle, like the pyramid
12
Q
cult statue of Djoser
A
- spirit inside
- abstract, idealized - meant to be timeless
- some realistic bits
13
Q
pyramids of Gizeh
A
- 3 pyramids for 3 different kings
- large scale sculpture, not architecture because nothing inside
- lined up to reference o’ryans belt maybe
- false tomb chambers
- thieves cut tunnels
- air shafts
- were covered in casing stone, smooth
- capped with gold
- funerary and valley temples
- skilled paid workers
14
Q
great sphinx
A
representation of king
-live rock
15
Q
statue of khafre
A
cubic view of human form
- dawing views, then carving inward
- diorite
- tension between realism and abstraction
- depiction of reg. people verses depiction of kings
