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15 Cards in this Set
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Approximate Dates Involved
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3500 BCE to 30 BCE
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Stylistic Characteristics
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Afterlife
Canon of proportions by rank Figures: broad frontal shoulders, "profiled heads" torsos and legs: Old Kingdom- stiff stance, expression; Middle Kingdom- more relaxed figures, emotional faces; New Kingdom- round and elongated Pharaoh: left foot forward, knees, beard, headdress, kilt, necklace, young and strong, fists, thumb forward Mastabas Pyramids Rock-cut-tombs Block statues Amarna period of naturalism |
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Religion
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Pharaoh= gpd, son of Horus
Ruled by dynasties Scribes/priests = literate and educated Polytheism Monotheism- Akhnaton Queen Hatshepsut - female monarch |
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The World
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Unification of lower & Upper Egypt
Expansion of Egypt - gold/imports Trade along the Nile Social: pharaoh, priests & scribes, slaves, women Warring low during Hatshepsut and Akhenaton Hieroglyphics |
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Change in the Arts
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Akhenaton: naturalism, intimacy, Marfans disease
Afterlife Tomb raiders- change in location Power/strength of ruler |
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Pyramids at Gizeh
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Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser
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Khafre
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Temple of Hatshepsut
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Statue of Akhenaton
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Palette of Narmer
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Menkaure and his Wife
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Portrait Mask of Tut
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Judgement of Hu'Nfer
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Architectural Style
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Mastaba (simple tomb, sloping sides, simple entrance; body buried below-center)
Stepped pyramid (Imhotep-King Djoser) Pyramid (necropolises-preserve ka) Rock-cut tombs (Beni Hasan) Temples (Abu Simbel - pylons, gateways, enter into courtyard,; hypostyle) |
