AP Art History Ancient Egypt

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