Egypt Art History AP Flashcards

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