Sarcophagus

The ancient Egyptian people believed in an afterlife and in this “life after death,” people re-entered their bodies. This is why the Egyptians wanted the bodies preserved so that the person’s body would be recognizable after they had died. Mummification is an intricate process that took a lot of time and effort to complete and because of how well preserved these bodies are, we are still able to learn things from them today. The art of mummification has significant origins in the history of the…

Throughout history, most early civilizations have had a social order, or more commonly known as a caste system. However, one of the best known social systems is the hierarchy of ancient Egypt. The pyramid, which was used to be the final resting place for the Pharaohs and their queens, resembles the structure of their society. Beginning at the tip of the pyramid are the Pharaohs, the rulers of ancient Egypt, and at the base is the servants and slaves. There is a significant divide between each…

Valley of the Kings: A Sacred Place of Mystery and Exploration Valley of the Kings, said to be the greatest treasure trove ever known, is the home of more than sixty-three tombs and chambers of pharaoh’s and other major royal figures. Built more than three and a half thousand years ago, it has been a concentrated area of archeological and egyptological exploration. It tells the story of not only the pharaohs and nobles laid to rest there, but also the craftsmen who designed, built, and painted…

The Jewish and early Christin art brought about many changes then the past, when it comes to how we view art overall. This particular change has to do with the religious feature and focusing and telling the many stories about that certain person and there many journeys. The narrative urge to tell a good story and whose moral or theological implications often have instructional value. The desire to create iconic images which we will go into a couple and talk about their significance to the early…

Another example of the Etruscan’s great appreciation for the afterlife would be the Sarcophagus of the Spouses from 520 BCE. Found in an Etruscan tomb was this amazing piece of art. Essentially it is a large container that was used to hold remains, the top could be lifted off like a lid. The couple was created to look lifelike and relaxed…

The enlightenment spread across the world during the late 1600s up to the 1800s. During this movement, transportation and technology advanced, new economies were built, and methods of hunting and selling changed. This is from the variation of people that were coming into the new enlightened areas. These people were farmers, miners, hunters and trappers who had helped the new enlightened state emerge. In John Gasts’ American Progress, it shows a woman flying from east to west bringing the…

The Predynastic period was a time of huge transition in the years of 3500 BCE. There were political changes and also divides. These years focused on tombs, pottery, paintings, and other pieces of art that also took place in the 3500s. In ancient Egypt many tombs and temples were in different places and were being built with different types of materials. The most common and original tomb type was the mastaba, which is also known as the “bench”. The mastaba is a shape of a rectangle brick or a…

idols. Even though the early Christian were opposed to the idea at first they came to realize that through art they could depict the Bible’s teaching as a way to to help the Christian followers view and learn from it. An example of this is the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus which depicts stories from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible of Jesus, St. Peter, Adam and Eve, Daniel and St Paul. When I look at this work of art I can see that the artist created this work of art in a way that it was…

reflection it seems almost Egyptian in origin. Since within the tombs there would be massive paintings of the afterlife as well as soft rendered replicas of everything they would need in the after life. They even constructed large decorative sarcophagus for the dead. Though oddly enough the Etruscans practice cremation so there was never a body placed within the large grave chests, or within the tombs from what I can recall. They also viewed life as a party, where marry-making and parties…

Her sarcophagus was made of stone, and she was the first ruler of the New Kingdom to have one (Roehrig, 188). When she died, she had statues and plaques in her honor, like most pharaohs, but a little while after she died people started to destroy them. Statues…