EARLY CIVILIZATIONS AND EGYPTIAN ART

Art Historiography

Study of art in historical contexts.

Stone Age

witnessed how humans were able to LEAD MORE STABLE LIVES and eventually come up with permanent shelters and tools for survival. Creation of paintings and sculptures that depict humans. animals, and their natural habitats

PALEOLITHIC ART

product of climate change. As the climate got colder, part of the early humans' instinct is to look for shelters that would provide them will warmth. Caves became protective havens for the early humans and these caves paved the way for the birth of their first attempt to create art.

Paleolithic Period

Era of hunter-gatherers and cave shelters. people were unsettled

Parietal Art

CAVE PAINTINGS also known as

Animals

are COMMON SUBJECTS of cave art

Mesolithic Period

Middle Stone Age with schematic art.

Venus of Willendorf

Famous mesolithic art

This figure is a highly abstract woman

Highlighted body parts associated with FERTILITY.

The representation may show the importance of taking care of these body parts for procreation and consequently, the survival of species.

Neolithic Period

BEGAN when men first DEVELOPED AGRICULTURE AND SETTLED IN PERMANENT VILLAGES.

Stonehenge

Megalithic stone monument

The purpose of this remains mystery up to this day. Some regard it as a temple while others see it as complex calendar the tracked the movements of both the Sun and Moon. Others ascribe some magical element to it by associating it with Merli from King Arthurs's story.

Egyptian Art

Art created for pharaohs and afterlife.

FIRST CIVILIZATION to develop literature, medical science, and mathematics

World's first large-scale, unified government ruling many people in an organized manner

Highly stylistic and symbolic

Narmer Palette

made of smooth greyish-green SILTSTONE

palettes were generally flat, minimally decorated stone objects USED FOR GRINDING AND MIXING MINERALS FOR COSMETICS

DARK EYELINER was an essential aspect of life

The palette was also a symbol that commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egyp

Step Pyramid

First stone building designed by Imhotep.

King Tutankhamen

Young king with a famous tomb discovery. HOWARD CARTER discovered his tomb in 1922. They were astonished to find gold artwork and that the coffin was made out of solid gold.

The body of the young king was covered in linen and a gold mask covered his face.

Queen Nefertiti

There is an emphasis on life-like features of the face like an elongated jaw and thick-lidded eyes.

EGYPTIAN ARTS

Created inside pyramid tombs

Show scenes of life and daily activities.

Law of Frontality

Sculpture orientation with forward-facing features.

Pyramids

made of CUT STONE BLOCKS

Burial monuments for pharaohs made of stone.

Filled with beautiful art and everyday objects to keep the pharaoh company in the after-life

Great Pyramid of Giza

Oldest and largest pyramid in Giza.

PYRAMID OF KHUFU / CHEOPS

Also known as the great pyramid of giza

Cartouches

an oblong enclosure with hieroglyphs on the inside USED ON MUMMIES TO DENOTE THEIR NAMES.

Hieroglyphs

Egyptian writing system using symbols.

Sarcophagus

Container for holding deceased bodies.

Fertility Symbols

Representations emphasizing reproductive aspects.

Megalithic Monuments

Large stone structures from Neolithic era.

HALLS OF BULLS

FAMOUS PALEOLITHIC ART

Mesolithic Period

A FULL RANGE OF COLOR IS USED.

schematic; NO REALISTIC FIGURES are present

Red

only color used in mesolithic

pottery

The PRIME MEDIUM of Neolithic art was

DISCOVERY OF BRONZE

neolithic ENDED with

OLD, MIDDLE, AND NEW KINGDOM.

egyptian art Divided into THREE PERIODS:

KING MENES

also called KING NARMER

United Egypt under one government

Founded the CITY OF MEMPHIS

KING DJOSER

RULER OF THE OLD KINGDOM

IMHOTEP - King's first minister

designed the STEP PYRAMID (the first stone building)