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What, When,Where, Art Historical Significance?
Palette of King Narmer from Hierakonpolis, Egypt ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E. slate approximately 25 in. high
Narmer’s image and name appears on this ceremonial palette

Elaborate formalized version of a utilitarian object.
Used to prepare eye makeup
Early evidence of the cannon to represent figures in Egyptian art.
Heads of the goddess Hathor
Label- Earliest existing labeled art work Horus, falcon god shows dominion over lower Egypt.
First pyramid
Imhotep- royal builder for King Djoser
3rd dynasty
Stepped pyramid
Necropolis
First really Royal Tomb
Mastaba- each face oriented towards one of the cardinal compass points. Size= absolute and godlike power
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Great Sphinx
Gizeh, Egypt ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.
sandstone, approximately 65 ft. high Carved from a spur in a rock formation
Largest sculpture in the Near East
Maybe the image of Khafre but possibly carved before his time
Lion with Human head
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Khafre, from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,520-2,494 B.C.E. diorite
approximately 66 in. high Statues for eternity
Served as abode for KA
Diorite
Lotus and papyrus symbolize a united Egypt. Horus extends his wings to protect the king
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Menkaure and Khamerenebty
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,490-2,472 B.C.E.
approximately 54 1/2 in. high
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Seated Scribe
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
painted limestone
approximately 21 in. high
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Ka-Aper
from his mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
wood approximately 43 in. high Realism- relaxed informality
Not idealized- non royal
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Ti watching hippopotamus hunt
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
painted limestone
approximately 48 in. high. Hunting in the afterlife. May be narrative
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Statuette of an offering bearer
from tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E. gessoed and painted wood 44 1/8 in. high
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Hippopotamus
from Thebes, Egypt
1991-1783 B.C.E.
faience and ceramic
7 7/8 in. long
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Senmut
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.Female pharaoh
“The woman who would be king”

Fits into the natural setting. Levels were lush with frankincense trees and rare plants
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Statue of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E. limestone
76 3/4 in. high ..Over 200 statues of Hatshepsut complimented the relief program.
Thutmose III removed or destroyed them when he became Pharaoh.
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Hatshepsut with offering jars
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
red granite 8 ft. 6 in. high A king kneeled only before a god not before a mortal.
Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
colossi approximately 65 ft. high..Carved out of a cliff
Rock cut temple
Egypt’s last great Pharaoh
Lack refinement of earlier works due to size
Model of Hypostyle hall Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
Semnut with Princess Nefrua
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1470-1460 B.C.E.
granite 36 1/2 in. high Block Statues
Popular during the Middle and New Kingdom
Ka residence if the mummy was destroyed
Hatshepsut’s chancellor/lover holds the Pharaoh’s daughter by Thutmose II in his lap.
Sends the message that Semnut was closely aligned with the ruler
Fowling Scene
from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt ca. 1,400-1,350 B.C.E. fresco secco 32 in. high . New Kingdom painting
a scribe and counter of grain is shown standing in his boat.
He is enjoying recreation in his afterlife
Figures are scaled according to their rank,
Akhenaton
from the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E. sandstone
approximately 13 ft. high.. Amarna Period
A religious revolution
Amenhotep IV- Akhenaton
Abandoned other gods to worship the sun god- ATON
Moved the capital from Thebes to Aton where he built his own shrines
He claimed himself to be the sole son and prophet of Aton
New approach to representation
Akhenaton sacrificing a duck
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
limestone
9 5/8 in. high
Thutmose
Nefertiti
from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E. painted limestone 20 in. high..Queen’s official sculptor
The Beautiful One is Here
Tiye
from Gurob, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
wood with gold, silver, alabaster, & lapis 3 3/4 in. high Queen Tiye, mother of Akhenaton
Chief wife of Amenhotep III and a commoner by birth
Seems to be a marriage of love
Portrait was created during her sn’r reign

The Egyptians were a people of mixed race and frequently married Africans
Canopic jar
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,349-1,336 B.C.E.
alabaster with stone and glass inlay
20 1/2 in. high.. The jars were four in number, each charged with the safekeeping of a particular human organ. These four types also represented the four cardinal points of the compass.
Death Mask of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,323 B.C.E.
gold with semiprecious stones
21 1/4 in. high
Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,323 B.C.E.
gold with semiprecious stones
73 in. high
Wedjat Eye of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,333-1,323 B.C.E.
gold and precious stones
2 in. wide
Last judgment of Hu-Nefer
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,290-1280 B.C.E.
painted papyrus scroll
18 in. high
Temple of Horus
Edfu, Egypt
ca. 237-47 B.C.E.
Temple of Horus
Edfu, Egypt
ca. 237-47 B.C.E.
Portrait of a boy
from Faiyum, Egypt
2nd century A.D.
encaustic on wood
15 in. high
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