Exploring Ancient Egypt through Art

May 17, 2025

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Dive into the vibrant world of Egyptian art spanning thousands of years. From intricate hieroglyphics to imposing statues, unravel the secrets of this fascinating civilization's artistic legacy.

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Exploring Ancient Egypt through Art

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Introduction to Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Death Mask of Tutankhamen ca. 1323 BCE Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones. The Nile Even more than the Tigris & Euphrates, the Nile defined cultures that developed along its banks. World’s longest river—annual floods would support life. The Nile, as seen from space .

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Day 3- Relief Sculpture. Vocabulary. Canon of Proportions : The rules or style of the proportions of the human body . The Canon of Proportions . Human Figure. Crowns of Ancient Egypt. Pictograph : a form of writing using pictures

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Egyptian Art

Grade 9 – Art History. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Art alternates between conservative and innovative The history of Egypt is divided into dynasties of rulers What is a dynasty? A succession of rulers from the same family or line is called a Dynasty. Introduction. Predynasty Old Kingdom

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Mr Bilton Humanities. Narmer Palettte. Narmer Palette. Large grinding plates made of siltstone Depicts the unification of the two kingdoms by Narmer Created 31 st Century BCE Found in the temple of Horus in 1898. Djoser’s Pyramid. Djoser’s Pyramid.

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Ancient Egyptians were a people who believed in many gods. These gods were manifest in every aspect of nature. A god could be human or an animal form or both. Their gods influenced their lives and gave order to their world. .

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. The Nile. The Desert. Palette of Narmer (c. 3,000 B.C.). Egyptian Painting . The Afterlife. Began as great mounds of earth “ mastaba ” Arabic for “bench”. Architecture: Tombs . Imhotep. King Zoser’s ( Djoser ) “stepped Pyramid”, Saqqara. The Great Pyramid of Kheops.

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Sculpture, Painting, Architecture, Pottery. Art and Time. Most Art changes very quickly. For example, in our society art that was popular just a few years ago is no longer considered trendy. .

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Style. The definition of style when used in art is: an artwork, artist, or movement that follows a distinctive method, form, and set of rules For example a ny loose brushy, dripped or poured abstract painting is called expressionistic .

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. 3,000 BCE- 300 BCE. Vocab. Necropolis: “city of the dead”, a large burial area/ cemetery Pylon temple: a monumental tower forming the entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple, a massive gateway Hypostyle Hall: a hallway with a roof supported by columns

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Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Art

Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Art. The Emergence of Egyptology. 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte invades Egypt. 38,000 troops 175 scholars, linguists, artists and antiquarians. First large scale archaeological expedition in history. The Rosetta Stone: Discovered by a French officer in Rosetta

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Gods on Earth. Chronology. Chronology. CREATION MYTH. At first, there was only Nun. Nun was the dark waters of chaos. One day, a hill rose up out of the waters. This hill was called Ben-Ben. On this hill stood Atum, the first god. Atum coughed and spat out Shu,

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. By: O livia Ueltschi. The Egyptian style art was very representational. They had 6 types of main art, that was created for more than just beauty. Below is a picture of a person who is painting on cave walls. THE END ( awww im so sorry ). BY: Olivia Ueltschi.

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Circa 3,000-1,000 BCor BCE. Egyptian Art. Hieroglyphics were pictures used as a written language. In fact “sekh” was the Egyptian word for writing, drawing and painting!. Egyptian figures. Egyptian figures were flat and 2-dimensional.

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Paintings. use frontalism- head in profile, eyes look out, body from front, feet point with head Nothing drawn in front of face paintings bordered by black lines Animals: crocodiles, snakes, hawks, apes, lions, fish, frogs, and cats

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. By: Kevin and Ethan. Pyramids. These mountain like structures were built for pharaohs. These were also made to bury the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Coffins.

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Tombs Statues Temples. Rosetta Stone. Palette of Narmer. Progression of Tomb Plans. Tombs. Mastabas Stepped Pyramid Pyramid The Contents Rock Cut. Mastaba. Step Pyramid of Zoser. Great Pyramids of Gizeh (Giza). Great Pyramid of Khufu. Pyramid Casing Stones.

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. 3000 B.C. – 1000 B.C. Egypt is said to have the 1 st great art style 3 purposes for art Art for the home Art for the gods Art for the dead. There were strict rules the artists had to follow. Paintings had to have Side view of the feet Front view of the shoulders

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Characteristics of Paintings Torsos = straight on Heads, Arms, Legs = seen from the side Gods and pharaohs = large Other people = small. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Art. Egyptian Statues. Characteristics Statues = large and imposing

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Egyptian Art • (3500 - 30 B.C.). Built dwellings of impermanent materials Constructed tombs, temples and statues of imperishable stone Religion and permanence where divinely ordained. Palette of King Narmer, from Hierakonpolis, Late Predynastic, c.3100-3000 B.C.

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Egyptian Art

Egyptian Art. Bowl with Human Feet , ca. 3750–3550 B.C.E.; possibly late Naqada I–early Naqada II; Predynastic period. Statue of Demedji and Hennutsen , ca. 2465–26 B.C.E.; early Dynasty 5; Old Kingdom Egyptian. Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep , ca. 2040–2010 B.C.E.;

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Egyptian Art

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.

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EGYPTIAN ART

EGYPTIAN ART. Sculpture and Religious Art. Ancient Egyptian art must be viewed from the standpoint of the ancient Egyptians to understand it. Painted sunk relief of the king being embraced by a goddess. Tomb of Amenherkhepshef.

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