5421566732 | Narmer Palette | Pre-dynastic Form- relief sculpted, Greywacke, split into registers Function- palettes were generally flat, minimally decorated stone objects used for grinding and mixing minerals for cosmetics. Content- The lowest register on both sides include images of dead foes, while both uppermost registers display hybrid human-bull heads and the name of the king Context- Period of unification of kingdoms, the king and the sun | ![]() | 0 |
5421570129 | Seated scribe | Old kingdom Form- Naturalistic for lower status, limestone/clay with red ochre; visual illusion with eyes; triangular theme (unique to Egyptian art) Function- display elite scribe Content-holding papyrus and stylus (lost); dressed in scribal attire (white skirt); cross-legged; obesity portrays elite lifestyle Context-transition from 4th to 5th dynasties in Egypt; in tomb of Saqqura | ![]() | 1 |
5421577150 | Great Pyramids | Old kingdom Form-square pyramids, erosion wear; triangles=sun's rays; Interior=stacked bricks/Exterior=angled/polished for pyramid shape; boat pits; granite and limestone Function-burial place & display of pharoh's relationship to society and divinity; basically worship to the pharohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaura; funerary procession with boats Content-west of the Nile river (deceased, spiritual realm); causeways leading to other pyramids; mortuary temples Context-Three pyramids for Old/Middle/New Egypt kingdoms of Khufu/Khafre/Menkaura | ![]() | 2 |
5421579408 | King Menkaure and Queen | Old kingdom Form- Graywacke Function- Ensure rebirth for the king in the Afterlife. Content- King Menkure and Queen stride foward with their left foot Context- Ancient Egypt old kingdom | ![]() | 3 |
5421582836 | Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt | Old kingdom Form- Panted in relief in Mastaba, low relief on stone Function- funerary Content- Ti watching a hippo hunt Context-narrative | ![]() | 4 |
5421585667 | Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall | New Kingdom Form- Rockcut building, narrow passages, sunken relief Function- largest religious complexes in the world, honor Amun-re Content- The main temple of Amun-Re had two axes—one that went north/south and the other that extended east/west, lions on front, gates called pylons Context- Thebes, metropolis of Egypt | ![]() | 5 |
5421590658 | Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut | New kingdom Form- Semmut architecture, frontal, rectangular Function- Honor Hatshepsut as a pharaoh and goddess Content- Tons of statues of Hatshepsut, gardens Context- Ptomos II (Hatshepsut's husband) passed away, had to take over throne; Ptomos III attempted to eradicate Hatsheput's legacy, little remains of her rule, Deir al Bahri | ![]() | 6 |
5421595091 | Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters Portrait of Nefertiti | Amarna period Form- Curvature, sunken relief, limestone, composite, hierarchy of scale, different artistic style Function- Family portrait, worship god Aten Content- Akhenaton and wife and three daughters Context- Amarna period, non-conventional era | ![]() | 7 |
5421597980 | Tutankhamen's tomb and innermost coffin | New kingdom Form- Frontal, gold, three layers Function- funerary for King tut, worship, shows King's divine face in afterlife Content- Holds crook and flail, thick layer of anointed liquid, traditional Egyptian art, false beard Context-nine yr old ruler, ruled for 10 yrs. | ![]() | 8 |
5421601807 | Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer | Post Amarna Form- Composite, drawn on papyrus, stylistic Function- narrate last judgment of a scribe Content- mix of art and hieroglyphs Context- 19th dynasty | ![]() | 9 |
5421604766 | Pre-dynastic | 3000 BCE | 10 | |
5421605706 | Old kingdom | 3000 BCE | 11 | |
5421607973 | Middle kingdom | 2000 BCE | 12 | |
5421608880 | New kingdom | 160 BCE | 13 | |
5421610072 | Amarna period | 1350 BCE | 14 |
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