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Painting and the Tomb of Nebamun

Painting and the Tomb of Nebamun. Examine materials and methods of painting in the New Kingdom. Compare the style to the earlier Egyptian conventions. The tomb of Sennefer, c. 1410 BCE (time of Amenhotep II).

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Painting and the Tomb of Nebamun

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  1. Painting and the Tomb of Nebamun • Examine materials and methods of painting in the New Kingdom. Compare the style to the earlier Egyptian conventions.

  2. The tomb of Sennefer, c. 1410 BCE (time of Amenhotep II)

  3. Fowling scene from the tomb of Nebamun (Thebes, Egypt), c.1400-1350 BCE, fresco on dry plaster

  4. concept of the afterlife/ figures in proportion to rank/ function of the boat in Egyptian life/ naturalistic depiction of birds/ dry fresco technique/ flat, linear style

  5. Musicians and dancers from the tomb of Nebamun (Thebes), c. 1400-1350 BCErare attempt at a frontal pose

  6. Akhenaton, from the temple of Amen-Re (Karnak), c. 1353-1335 BCE, sandstone

  7. Akhenaton and Nefertiti/ cult of Aton/ curvilinear lines and increased naturalistic rendering/ image of androgynous “spiritual beauty,” the Amarna style

  8. Akhenaton sacrificing a duck ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E. limestone 9 5/8 in. high

  9. Thutmose. Nefertiti, from Tell el-Amarna, c. 1353-1335 BCE, painted limestone

  10. Stele from a house shrine depicting Akhenaten and Nefertiti with three of their daughters beneath the sun of Aten (Tell el-Amarna), c. 1345 BCE, limestone

  11. Smenkhkare and Meritaten, from Tell el-Amarna (Egypt), c. 1335 BCE, painted limestone relief

  12. Left: Head of colossal statue of Akhenaton (Karnak), c. 1350 BCE, sandstoneCenter: Tiye (Gurob) c. 1353-1335 BCE, woodRight: Female torso, c. 1345 BCE, quartzite

  13. King Tut • Compare the different images of the Pharaohs Akhenaton and Tutankhamen. How do you account for these differences? • Why does the art revert back to the earlier conventions?

  14. Death mask of Tutankhamen, from the innermost coffin in his tomb (Thebes), c. 1323 BCE, gold with inlay of semiprecious stonesLord Carnarvon and Howard Carter

  15. Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen (Thebes), c. 1323 BCE, gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stonescrook and flail/ soft, serene expression/ nemes/ uraeus

  16. Tutankhamun’s Golden Throne, c. 1335 BCE, wood, gold, silver, glass, faience and semiprecious stones

  17. Wedjat Eye of Tutankhamen from Thebes, Egypt ca. 1,333-1,323 B.C.E. gold and precious stones 2 in. wide

  18. Canopic Coffinettes • Jars placed next to the sarcaphogus • The four sons of Horus • Canopic coffinetes from Tut’s tomb • Imsety: liver • Duamutef: stomach and upper intestines • Hapy: lungs • Qebehsenuef: lower intestines

  19. Tomb of King TUt

  20. The coffins and mummy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MQ5dL9cQX0

  21. Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer (Thebes), c. 1290-1280 BCE, painted papyrus scroll

  22. Book of the Dead/ Hall of Judgment/ papyrus scrolls/ Maat/ Anubis/ Ammit/ Thoth

  23. Mentuemhet (Karnak), c. 650 BCE, granite

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