Egyptian Art

Map of Ancient Egypt

Dynasties of Egypt

• Pre-Dynastic • Early Dynastic• Old Kingdom• Middle Kingdom• New Kingdom• Conquered by the Assyrians in 670BCE• Conquered by the Persians in 662BCE• Conquered by Alexander the Great in

332BCE• Conquered by the Romans in 30BC

Pre-Dynastic Period

Early Temples & Priest Duties

Gods and Goddesses

Gods and Goddesses

Gods and Goddesses

Gods and Goddesses

Early Dynastic Period

Palatte of Narmer, Dynasty I, c.3000BCE, Egyptian

White Crown of Upper Egypt

Palatte of Narmer

Horus

Palatte of Narmer

Red Crown of Lower Egypt

Palatte of Narmer

Human Ideal

Regular People

Hieroglyphics

Parts of Person

• Physical body• Shadow• Name• Ka• Ba• Akh

Cartouche

Khnum

Mummification

Canopic Jars

Embalming Process

Completed Mummy

Funeral

Opening the Mouth Ceremony

Sarcophagus

The Old Kingdom - 2686-2181BCE

Mastaba

Stepped Pyramids

King Djoser’s Funerary Complex at Saqqara

Columns

Engaged Columns

Columns

Pyramid

Pyramids of Giza

Plan of Giza

Process of making the pyramids

Protection

Khafra's ka statue

Sculpture

Sculptors at work

Canon of Proportions

Menkaura and a Queen (Khamerenebty II), Dynasty 4,

c.2500BCE, Egyptian

Seated Scribe, Dynasty 5, c.2494-2354BCE, Egyptian

Tomb Decoration

Ti Watching the Hippopotamus Hunt

MIDDLE KINGDOM

Hippopotamus

Pectoral of Senusret II, Dynasty 12, c.1880-1874, Egyptian

New Kingdom

Main Pharaohs

–Hatsheput –Ramses II –Akhenaton –Tutankhamen

Hatshepsut (dynasty 18, ruled 1473-1458BCE)

Deir-el-Bahri

Temple Layout

Rameses II (Dynasty 19, ruled c.1279-1213)

The Temples of Rameses II and Nefertari at Abu Simble, Dyansty 19, c.1279-1213BCE, Egyptian

Detail

Nefertari’s Tomb

Nefertari’s Tomb

Akhenaten and the Art of the Amarna Period (Dynasty 18, c1352-1369)

Temple Structure

Aten

Akhenaten and His Family, Dynasty 18, c.1352-1336BCE, Egyptian

Nefertiti, Dynasty 18, c.1352-1336BCE, Egyptian

Tutankhamun, Dynasty 18, ruled c.1336-1327

Tomb

Coffins

Innermost coffin

Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun, Dynasty 18,

c.1327BCE, Egyptian

Judgment before Osiris, Dynasty 19, c.1285BCE,

Egyptian