477610913 | Ancient Egypt | ||
477610914 | Early Dynastic Period | c. 3000 - 2600 BCE | |
477610915 | Palette of Narmer Early Dynastic Period 3000 - 2600 BCE Cairo, Egypt | ||
477610916 | canon of proportions | a set of ideal mathematical ratios in art based on measurements of the human body | |
477610917 | composite pose | combining different viewpoints within a single representation of of a subject | |
477610918 | Reconstruction of Djoser funerary complex | ||
477610919 | Step Pyramid of King Djoser, Early Dynastic Period 3000 - 2600 BCE Saqqara, Egypt | ||
477610920 | Old Kingdom | c. 2600 - 2200 BCE | |
477610921 | Great Pyramids at Giza Old Kingdom 2600 - 2200 BCE Egypt | ||
477610922 | Great Sphinx from the funerary complex of Khafre Old Kingdom 2600 - 2200 BCE Giza, Egypt | ||
477610923 | Khafre Old Kingdom 2600 - 2200 BCE Egypt | ||
477610924 | Menkaure and a Queen Old Kingdom 2600 - 2200 BCE Egypt | ||
477610925 | Seated Scribe Old Kingdom 2600 - 2200 BCE Saqqara, Egypt | ||
477610926 | Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt Old Kingdom 2600 - 2200 BCE Saqqara, Egypt | ||
477610927 | New Kingdom | c. 1500 - 1100 BCE | |
477610928 | Reconstruction, Great Temple of Amun New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE Karnak, Egypt | ||
477610929 | Papyriform and Bud Columns, Hypostyle Hall from the Great Temple of Amun New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE Karnak, Egypt | ||
477610930 | Hatshepsut Kneeling New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE | ||
477610931 | Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE Deir El-Bahri, Egypt | ||
477610932 | Colossal Figure of Akhenaton New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE | ||
477610933 | Akhenaten and His Family New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE Deir El-Bahri, Egypt | ||
477610934 | Nefertiti New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE | ||
477610935 | Inner Coffin of Tutankhamun New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE | ||
477610936 | Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE Egypt | ||
477610937 | Temple of Ramses II New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE Abu Simbel, Egypt | ||
477610938 | Queen Nefertari Making an Offering to Isis from the tomb of Nefertari New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE Valley of the Queens, Egypt | ||
477610939 | Judgement of Hunefer Before Osiris from the Book of the Dead New Kingdom 1500 - 1100 BCE | ||
477610940 | hieratic scale | an artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance | |
477610941 | necropolis | a cemetery, lit. "city of the dead." | |
477610942 | mastaba | an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | |
477610943 | step pyramid | a pyramid whose sides rise in a series of giant steps | |
477610944 | pyramid | a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides | |
477610945 | ka | the immortal human life force; soul | |
477610946 | pylon | monumental entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple | |
477610947 | valley temple | temples built along the Nile by in which funerary rituals would be carried out | |
477610948 | hypostyle hall | a hall with a roof supported by columns | |
477610949 | post and lintel construction | a system of building in which a crosspiece, or lintel, spans the distance between two posts. | |
477610950 | celerestory | the upper part of a church consisting of windows | |
477610951 | sarcophagus | a stone coffin usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions |
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