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7 Cards in this Set
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Palette of King Narmer
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Hierakonpolis, Egypt
3000-2920BCE 2'1" records unification of Upper and Lower Egypt at end of Predynastic King Namer wears Upper crown in one, slays enemy in other wears Lower crown, reviews beheading and is larger than all other people |
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Stepped pyramid and mortuary precinct of King Djoser
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Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III
2630-2611BCE Imhotep: royal builder for King Djoser also high priest of sun god first known name of an artist in recorded history one of oldest stone egyp structures first pyramid? |
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Khafre
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Gizeh, Dynasty IV
2520-2494BCE Diorite 5'6" for pharaoh's valley temple had diorite imported horus: falcon god extends protective wings flawless body and perfect face ideal proportions bilaterally symmetrical: same on either side of an axis: verticle completed with abrasion: grinding: subtractive method |
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Ka-Aper
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Saqqara, Dynasty V
2450-2350 Wood rule of relaxed formality and increased realism scribe nonroyal old kingdom portraits: not idealized proportions no back slab: free standing |
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt
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Saqqara, Dynasty V
2450-2350 Painted Limestone Official of Dyn V adorn final resting place provision the ka in the hereafter hunting: triumph over evil Ti: twice the size and stands aloof Conceptual vs optical approach: random view |
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Temple of Horus
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Edfu
237-47 after Alexander's conquest of Egympt follows traditional Egyptian architecture great entrance pylon broad surface horus and hathor witnessing over King Ptolemy XIII |
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fowling scene from tomb of nebamun
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Thebes, Dynasty XVIII
1400-1350 Fresco on dry plaster adorn tomb walls Nebamun, deceased noble man not static like Ti Recreation in afterlife wife and daughter with him too animals take on careful naturalism like with Ti |
