Gardner's Art Through The Ages Chapter 3

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: People, boats, and animals
Origin: Hierakonpolis, Egypt
Date: ca. 3500-3200 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Palette of King Narmer
Origin: Hierakonpolis, Egypt
Date: ca. 3000-2920 BCE

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Back 3

Artist: Imhotep
Title of Work: Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser
Origin: Saqqara, Egypt
Date: ca. 2630-2611 BCE

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Artist: Imhotep
Title of Work: Plan of precinct at Djoser
Origin: Saqqara, Egypt
Date: ca. 2630-2611 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Detail of the facade of the North Palace of the mortuary precinct of Djoser
Origin: Saqqara, Egypt
Date: ca. 2630-2611 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Great Pyramids
Origin: Gizeh, Egypt
Date: ca. 2490-2472 (Menkaure), 2520-2494 (Khafre), 2551-2528 (Khufu) BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Great Sphinx
Origin: Gizeh, Egypt
Date: ca. 2520-2494 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Khafre enthroned
Origin: Gizeh, Egypt
Date: ca. 2520-2494 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Menkaure and Khamerernebty (?)
Origin: Gizeh, Egypt
Date: ca. 2490-2472 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Seated scribe
Origin: Saqqara, Egypt
Date: ca. 2500 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt
Origin: Saqqara, Egypt
Date: ca. 2450-2350 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal
Origin: Saqqara, Egypt
Date: ca. 2450-2350 BCE

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mastaba

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Arabic, "bench". An ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft.

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serdab

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A small concealed chamber in an Egyptian mastaba for the statue of the deceased.

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necropolis

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Greek, "city of the dead". A large burial area or cemetery.

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engaged columns

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A half-round column attached to a wall.

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ashlar masonry

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Carefully cut and regularly shaped blocks of stone used in construction, fitted together without mortar.

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ka

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In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force.

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artistic canon

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A rule, for example, of proportion.

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Death mask of Tutankhamen
Origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: ca. 1323 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Fragmentary head of Senusret III
Origin: Egypt
Date: ca. 1860 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Interior hall of the rock-cut tomb of Amenemhet
Origin: Beni Hasan, Egypt
Date: ca. 1950-1900 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Origin: Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
Date: ca. 1473-1458 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Hatshepsut with offering jars
Origin: Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
Date: ca. 1473-1458 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Temple of Ramses II
Origin: Abu Simbel, Egypt
Date: ca. 1290-1224 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Interior of the temple of Ramses II
Origin: Abu Simbel, Egypt
Date: ca. 1290-1224 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re
Origin: Karnak, Egypt
Date: ca. 1290-1224 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Senmut with Princess Nefrura
Origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: ca. 1470-1460 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Fowling scene from the tomb of Nebamun
Origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: ca. 1400-1350 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Musicians and dancers from the tomb of Nebamun
Origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: ca. 1400-1350 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Akhenaton, from the temple of Aton
Origin: Karnak, Egypt
Date: ca. 1353-1335 BCE

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Artist: Thutmose
Title of Work: Nefertiti
Origin: Amarna, Egypt
Date: ca. 1353-1335 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Tiye
Origin: Ghurab, Egypt
Date: ca. 1353-1335 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
Origin: Amarna, Egypt
Date: ca. 1353-1335 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
Origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: ca. 1323 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Painted chest, from the tomb of Tutankhamen
Origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: ca. 1333-1323 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Last judgment of Hu-Nefer
Origin: Thebes, Egypt
Date: ca. 1290-1280 BCE

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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Temple of Horus
Origin: Edfu, Egypt
Date: ca. 237-47 BCE

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fluted columns

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Vertical channeling, used primarily in ancient Egyptian art and architecture, translating perishable natural forms into permanent architecture.

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colonnades

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A series or row of columns, usually spanned by lintels.

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facade

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Usually, the front of a building; also, the other sides when they are emphasized architecturally.

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atlantid

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A male figure that functions as a supporting column.

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caryatid

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A female figure that functions as a supporting column.

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pylon temple

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The wide entrance gateway of an Egyptian temple, characterized by its sloping walls.

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hypostyle hall

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A hall with a roof supported by columns.

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fresco secco

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Dry fresco.