Art of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian culture and art has fascinated many people throughout history. From the great pyramids to the Ramesseum, Egyptian art has affected the world and has coaxed people into studying it as a full time job. What people know today about Egypt is primarily from artifacts, tomb paintings, and monuments. From this historians have deducted that Egyptian history is divided into three parts: the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. It is well known that throughout these periods…

Today, in Egypt, we are left with the ruins of art and architecture. The pyramids, sphinxes, and tombs were torn apart by the later Egyptian Dynasties and destroyed by looters. Some of the loss of artifacts this have to do with time, earthquakes, and past looters, but the biggest culprits, that many do not think of first, are the early Egyptologists. It was all about getting the biggest and most impressive objects and not really about the importance of the object in context to the area. Because…

San Diego Museum of Man focuses on the anthropology providing cross-cultural perspective through exhibitions, education, and research. The museum is located in iconic California Building which combines Baroque, Plateresque, and Churrigueresque influences in a unique Spanish-colonial facade. The building itself with the details and colors referring to Mexican culture suggests the topics of exhibitions inside. Passing the door of main entrance, I went to the hall that lead to different exhibitions…

I took great care in choosing where to start my journey through time and civilizations. Egypt was undoubtedly one of my top five destinations because of culture, geographical placement and unique belief structures. What is beyond amazing about Egypt is that I can travel to Egypt today and still see architecture that was built 4000 years ago and that is astounding. I wanted to show up after most of the Pyramids had been built. The thought of observing them in their prime was a huge factor in my…

These are shown in the same gallery to create the theme of the ancient Egyptians and how symbols and artwork were a big part of their culture. The portrait of Khafre Enthroned is similar to this sculpture because both men are seen as noble, and the texture shows how antique the artworks are. The difference between them…

The civilization of Ancient Egypt dominated the northeastern corner of the African continent for over 3000 years. They were located in an area that would have been a total desert were it not for the river Nile, which stills runs north from central Africa for thousands of miles before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea . The particular geographic location of the Egyptian empire meant that they were protected from invasion and in some sense from a strong foreign influence. In figure 1, the map…

The limestone painted bust of Nefertiti and was created in the 18th Dynasty between 1353-1335 BCE and was found in the workshop of sculptor, Thutmose. It was discovered in Amarna, Egypt in 1912 by a German archaeological team led by Ludwig Borchardt. Many art historians believe the bust to be a 3D sketch or model that may have been for other representations of Nefertiti, a closer inspection of the bust had revealed that the bust was not just painted limestone, but limestone that is covered in a…

Hatshepsut's reign was marked by a period of peace and internal development. The pharaoh established a thriving art scene, pursued innovative architectural projects with the help of esteemed eighteenth dynasty architect Senenmut, and facilitated successful foreign trade expeditions (Britannica). One of Hatshepsut's greatest achievements during her rule was the construction of her mortuary temple Deir-el Bahri, located in Thebes. At the time, Deir-el Bahri was an architectural novelty. The…

different uses I will attempt to find a common ground for them to stand or rather set on. As a student of archaeology there is more to a work of art than art itself. It will be the art that binds them and the function which will most likely illuminate their greatest differences. The Statue of Memi and Sabu is described by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) (2015) as, “Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, ca. 2575–2465 b.c., Egyptian; Probably from Giza, Painted limestone; H. 24 3/8 in. (62 cm).” The…

Alexandria, Arabic Al-Iskandariyyah, Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Mursī, Mosque of [Credit: Hisham Ibrahim/Getty Images] major city and urban muḥāfaẓah (governorate) in Egypt. Once among the greatest cities of the Mediterranean world and a centre of Hellenic scholarship and science, Alexandria was the capital of Egypt from its founding by Alexander the Great in 332 bce until its surrender to the Arab forces led by ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ in 642 ce. One of Egypt’s largest cities, Alexandria is also its principal…