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17 Cards in this Set
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When was the Predynastic Period? |
3000-2920 BCE |
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Palette of Narmer - Predynastic Period - hierarchal scale - body represented in composite cubic form
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Mastaba - tomb type for important Egyptians during the predynastic period and early dynasties |
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Stepped Pyramid - created by stacking mastabas - popular around beginning of Old Kingdom (2600s BCE) - "Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser" |
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Flat-Sided Pyramids - popular during Old Kingdom - found at Giza - conspicuous size attracted grave robbers |
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Rock-cut Tomb - popular during Middle Kingdom (c. 1900 BCE) |
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Early Egyptian Columns - made to look like bundled papyrus plants - designs became more complex over time |
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How are pharaohs depicted in Egyptian sculpture? |
- youthful, strong, idealized - little negative space (preventing breakage) - expressionless gaze - clenched fists (strength) |
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Khafre (2500 BCE) |
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Hatshepsut (1470 BCE) |
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Akhenaten (1350 BCE)
- Amarna style - break in traditional style, more relaxed |
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Seated Scribe (2450 BCE) - canons of depiction are relaxed because the scribe is lower ranking in society than the godlike rulers |
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What are some characteristics of New Kingdom temples? |
- grander in scale and complexity - some were built into sides of mountains - straight axis, not bent axis |
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Temple of Hatshepsut (1470 BCE) |
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Temple of Ramses II (1290 BCE) |
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Temple of Amun-Mut (1279 BCE) |
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Temple of Amen-Re (1290 BCE)
- Innovations: - hypostle hall and clerestory (sunlight) - development of sunken reliefs |
