lecture 4 - Egypt
Neolithic wall carvings
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Egyptian
Art: Earliest History - Per Ankh Trading Group
Predynastic
Early Dynastic, Small Figurine:
King with Crown, Upper Egypt, c. 2900 B.C. Ivory
- Mesopotamian influences; small idols
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end of predynastic period / beginning of Old
Kingdom
early beginning of Egyptian 'style'
Palette of Narmer (c. 3100 B.C.)
front
Palette
of King Narmer - American Historical Society
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Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty
Zoser Sculpture from Saqqara
Zoser - Portrait Statue
(resting place for spirit)
White Limestone (4' 7"), c. 2667 B.C.
Dominance of 'typical'
Egyptian stylization:
Portrait Statue from Giza of Chefron with Horus Falcon
Old Kingdom c. 2560 B.C., 4th Dynasty, Diorite
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Absent of rigid
'official' stylization:
Statuette of a slave:
Realism was usually used on lower status 'types' (laborer,
etc.)
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Necropolis portrait heads c. 2500 BC
- Many are realistic, but
do not represent the 'top echelon' of leadership.
Old Kingdom, Portrait Head of Princess of Giza
Limestone c. 2550 B.C.
4th Dynasty
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There are also naturalistic sculptures
of noblemen and scribes
Unknown Scribe, Tomb of Prince Ur Ira, Saqqara
Old Kingdom - 24th or 25th cent B.C.
5th Dynasty, 20 in.
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Saqqara site -
Wikipedia
Saqqara
- Hans Otten
A few wall paintings from tombs were seen in class, but have little
to show by way of actual portraiture.
Slides of sculptures of family groups were shown - these were sculptures
for mausoleums.
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