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Palette of King Narmer Culture
Predynastic Egypt
Palette of King Narmer Date
3000-2920 BCE
Palette of King Narmer Medium
Greywacke
Seated Scribe Culture
Egyptian Old Kingdom
Seated Scribe Date
2620-2500 BCE
Seated Scribe Medium
Painted Limestone
Seated Scribe Location
Saqqara, Egypt
Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx Culture
Egyptian Old Kingdom
Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx Date
2550-2490 BCE
Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx Medium
Cut Limestone
Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx Location
Gize, Egypt
King Menkaure and Queen Culture
Egyptian Old Kingdom
King Menkaure and Queen Date
2490-2472 BCE
King Menkaure and Queen Medium
Greywacke
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall Culture
Egyptian New Kingdom
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall Date
Temple 1550 BCE/ Hall 1250 BCE
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall Medium
Cut sandstone and mud brick
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall Location
Karnak, near Luxor
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters Culture
New Kingdom, Amarna
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters Date
1353-1335 BCE
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters Medium
Limestone
King Tut’s Tomb Culture
New Kingdom
King Tut’s Tomb Date
1323 BCE
King Tut’s Tomb Medium
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer Culture
New Kingdom
Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer Date
1275 BCE
Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer Medium
Painted Papyrus Scroll
Amarna Style
an artistic style during the Amarna Period- Akhenaton’s rule- where traditional Egyptian conventions were abandoned for a more expressive and non-idealized style of art
Ankh
Egyptian symbol of life
Axial Plan
a building with an elongated floor plan
Canon of Proportion
A system of measurement by which artists can regulate size, scale, and proportions
Capital
Top of a column
Clerestory
a roof that rises above lower roofs and this has window space beneath that lets in light
Colonnade
A long sequence of columns joined by entablature
Continuous narrative
an image that illustrates multiple scenes in a single frame; therefore, some figures repeat
Corridor axis
a long hallway or path enclosed by large stone masonry, possibly symbolized the Nile
Enamel
melted and fused glass powder mixed with pigment to create color; very smooth once cooled
Historical Narrative
a story or sequence of events that is or purports to be historically accurate
In Situ
on site and in its original place
Ka
soul imbedded in fleshly body, but upon death could love on; for the ka to live securely, the dead body had to remain as intact as possible
Living Rock
rock that is not detached and is still in its original setting
Mastaba
simple tomb with four sloping sides which covers an underground burial chamber
Narrative
artwork that conveys a story, either as an ongoing story or as a sequence of events
Necropolis
Greek for city of the dead; a complex of funerary buildings and tombs
Negative Space
empty space around an object or person, such as the cut-out areas between a figure’s legs or arms of a sculpture
Papyrus
paper-like material prepared in ancient Egypt from Nile plants
Portico
a shallow columned porch
Pylon
the simple and massive gateway, with sloping walls, of an Egyptian temple
Relief Sculpture
figures project from a background of which they are a part, there are levels of relief. In an incised relief the artist cute the design into the surface so the highest projecting parts of the image are no higher than the surface itself.
Sphinx
hybrid animal, with body of lion and head of Pharaoh/god that exhibits protective qualities
Subtractive
a sculptural process including the removal of material of a block through cutting, chiseling, chipping, or scraping away.
Sunken relief
a type of relief carving where all lines are made into the surface, so that the design is set into the material
