How can you identify the differences between Egyptian

How can you identify the differences between Egyptian, Greek or Roman sculpture? How?

Egyptian Art (Art of the Ancient World)

About Ancient Egypt: • Maintained a stable society for several thousand years • unique language and culture • Polytheistic society • Pharaohs = gods on Earth • Believed in a physical afterlife • Had literature, medicine, & higher mathematics

EGYPTIAN works to know: Paintings & Objects: 1. The Palette of Narmer (c. 3150 -3125 BC) Siltstone. 2. Fowling Scene from the tomb of Nebamun (c. 1450 BC) Wall painting. 3. Burial Mask of King Tut (1325 BC) Gold with inlaid semiprecious stones & coloured glass. Sculpture: 4. Ranofer (c. 2500 B. C. ) Stone. 5. Mycerinus and His Queen (2470 BC) Slate. 6. Queen Nefertiti (1360 BC) Painted Limestone. Architecture: 1. The Great Pyramids (2530 -2470 BC) & The Great Sphinx (2500 BC) Limestone. Giza, Egypt.

About Egyptian Art: �Most examples are funerary art �Mummies (preserved bodies) were kept in multiple layers of sarcophagi �Statues created as alternate dwelling for dead person’s the “ka” (spirit) �Tombs filled with objects, furniture and food for the dead person to enjoy in the afterlife �Art had strict rules for creation and was not overly realistic in the way humans were shown

Characteristics of Egyptian Painting & Relief Carvings: �FRONTALITY - frontal view of the eye and shoulders with profile of the head, arms and legs. �DESCRIPTIVE PERSPECTIVE - most powerful / important is figure is represented like a giant (sizes are not proportional but symbolic). �STYLIZATION - Human anatomy was an approximation, not realistic.

1. The Palette of Narmer (c. 3150 -3125 BC) Siltstone.

2. Fowling Scene from the tomb of Nebamun (c. 1450 BC) Wall painting.

3. Burial Mask of King Tut (1325 BC) Gold with inlaid semiprecious stones & coloured glass.

Characteristics of Egyptian Sculpture: Arms are close to the torso, pose is always frontal and bisymmetrical They are rigid / stiff, human anatomy was an approximation Ideal bodies / not sculpted accurately Made of hard stones (e. g. granite, porphyry, diorite) for permanence

4. Ranofer (c. 2500 B. C. ) Stone.

5. Mycerinus and His Queen (2470 BC) Slate.

6. Queen Nefertiti (1360 BC) Painted Limestone.

Characteristics of Egyptian Architecture: • Purpose of buildings: as tombs / to protect the Ka (soul) Mastaba Step Pyramid Bent Pyramid Great Pyramids

7. The Great Pyramids (2530 -2470 BC) & The Great Sphinx (2500 BC) Limestone. Giza, Egypt.

PHAROAH’S NAMES: Egyptian: Greek: Khufu Cheops Menkaure Mycerinus Khafre Chefren Pyramid of Cheops /Khufu: • Largest stone structure in world • 13 acres site • 2, 300, 000 limestone blocks (2. 5 tons each) • 480 ft tall • Took about 23 years for 1000’s of workers to construct