The Three characteristics of Neolithic life are:
-Agriculture -Domestication of Animals -Permanent Settlements
Why could inhabitants depend on the Nile?
Rich area with annual flooding. A flood meant the culture would have silt.
What type of entertainment did Early Egyptian cultures have?
-Art (for information) -Activities along the River -Hunted in the Desert
What does Egyptian Iconography do for us?
It helps us identify the subject matter?
What does the Ankh represent?
Eternal Life
What does the Crook represent?
Government
What does the Flail Represent?
Royal Regalia
Who founded the city of Memphis?
King Menes/Narmer
During Memphis there was writing and a unification of Egypt began. This was during whose reign?
King Menes/Narmer
Where was the Palette of King Narmer found?
The Temple of Hierakonpolis.
What does the palette demonstrate?
The Duality of the Egyptian Kingship
Aroung 5500 BCE inhabitants adopted the ________ of life.
Neolithic Way
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Palette of King Narmer
Early Dynastic Period
- Wears white crow to symbolize upper Egypt.
- Narmer is attacking a figure of real importance because they are about the same size.
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
King Menkaura and His Queen
Old Kingdom
- Carved from single block of stone
- King is idealized because he is built and athletic.
- Conventions are used in the way he is standing.
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Seated Scribe
Old Kingdom
- Eyes are Inlayed
- He was not royalty but someone of high importance.
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Seated Khafre
Old Kingdom
- Wears Symbolic Pharaoh Headress
- Original Location was in Valley temple
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Great Pyramids (Mekaura, Khafre, Khufu)
Old Kingdom
- Used to show power
- Khufu’s is largest
- Overtime the pyramids become smaller.
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Great Sphinx
- Old Kingdom
- Khafre’s Complex
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
New Kingdom
- Hypostyle Hall was the room full of colors
- Cult Temple (East side of Nile)
- Sculpture goes to Hatshepsut’s temple once a year.
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Mortuary Temple of Hatchepsut
New Kingdom
- Partially Carved into rock cliff
- sandstone
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Akehenaton, Nefrititi and Three Daughters
Amarna Period
- Sunke Relief
- Limeston
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Last Judgement of Hunefer, from his Tomb
New Kingdom
- Painted on Papyrus role
- Page from Book of the Dead
- Figures are in Composite Pose
What is this work called? Period? Two Facts
Tutenkahmen’s Tomb, Innermost Coffin
New Kingdom
- Make of Solid Gold
- He held the crook and flale
Whose pyramid is the most complete?
Khafre’s pyramid
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Chapter 1 (Midterm)12
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Chapter 2- Mediterranean & Egypt (MIDTERM)39
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Chapter 3- Ancient Egypt (midterm)31
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Dates To Know (MIDTERM)8
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Chapter 20 (Slide ID)14
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Chapter 5- Archaeologists (MIDTERM)23
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Chapter 5 Continued- Classical Period & Archaic Period (MIDTERM)29
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Chapter 7- Jewish, Early Christian, Byzantine, & Early Medieval Art54
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Vocabulary (MIDTERM)20
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Chapter 10 & 11 (MIDTERM)14
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Chapter 7 (MIDTERM)9
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Chapter 6 (midterm)13
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Chapter 12 Early Renaissance Art44
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Chapter 12 (Early Renaissance Test Review)12
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Chapter 13 (High Renaissance Slide ID)11
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Chapter 13 (Test Review)34
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Chapter 14 (Slide ID)11
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Chapter 14 (Test Review)45
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Chapter 15 (Slide ID) "Quest"12
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Chapter 15 ("Quest" Review)69
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Chapter 17 & 18 (Slide ID)15
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Chapter 17 & 18 (Test Review)75
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Chapter 19 (Slide ID)12
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Chapter 19 (Test Review)102
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Chapter 19-20 (Test Review)98
