Week 2 without red dots Flashcards
What is the time of visual pharaonic humour referred to as?
Ramesside period
What are the contents of Letter Papyrus 198?
- The sender focuses on the annoyance of the recipient in regards to a joke the sender said to the chief taxing master
What did the egyptians find particularly funny?
Animals acting as humans
What is senet and what artwork is it found in?
A chess-esque game found on the satirical papyrus in the british museum
What is in the papyrus of the egyptian museum at Torino?
Erotic scenes, animal vignettes, cat and mouse war
- some backshots and acrobatic type sex
- small man with a largeeee penis
- animals engaging in sexual activity
What is ostraka?
Textual and figured evidence
- Drafts, votive, spontaneous sketches, images of animals acting as people
What does the egyptian humorous satire represent?
Humorous representations of the ruling elite
What did aristotle believe of those who laugh too much?
They are buffoons and are vulgar
Aristotle’s beliefs of those who don’t jest and take offence to others?
They are boorish and morose
Aristotle’s belief of those who jest tastefully?
They are witty and versatile
Who was believed to never laugh in his lifetime? What nickname did he receive?
Crassus and Agelastus
What should be considered when interpreting ancient egyptian humour?
- the intent of the artist/humorist
- the response of the audience
- the form, style, and manner of which the attempt at humour is made
What is in the satirical letter, papyrus anastasi i?
Thought to be an answer to a poorly worded question
- “He is smaller than a cat but bigger than a monkey, yet he is well of”
What is humorous about craftsmen and doorkeepers at work?
Typically not doing their job, their incompetence and laziness depicted as funny
Why were animals acting as humans considered funny?
Was mostly the contrast between the nature of the act and the nature of the animals
Commissions were expensive, so those of means were requesting these vulgar works
