ART 2010

Quiz 1 Review

What artwork is this?

The Palette of Narmer

What period is the Palette of Narmer from?

Egypt’s Early Dynastic Period

Year span of the ‘Egypt Predynastic’?

c. 5000-3000 BCE

Year span of ‘Egypt Early Dynastic’?

3000-2686 BCE

What is a key event that occurred during the ‘Egypt Early Dynastic’?

The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt

Year span of ‘Egypt Old Kingdom’?

2686-2160 BCE

What is a key event that occurred during the ‘Egypt Old Kingdom’?

It began with the Fourth Dynasty

Year span of Egypt’s ‘Middle Kingdom’?

2055-1650 BCE

Who are the key group(s) that ruled during Egypt’s ‘Middle Kingdom’ period?

The 11th and 12th Dynasties

Year span of Egypt’s ‘New Kingdom’?

c. 1550-1069 BCE

Who are the key group(s) that ruled during Egypt’s ‘New Kingdom’ period?

The 18th, 19th, and 20th Dynasties

The funerary complex of Djoser at Saqqara, Egypt is said to have been designed by this important official/philosopher; his name was found inscribed on the base of one of the seated statues of Djoser

Imhotep

Who is considered the first known architect in history whose name is recorded in his design?

Imhotep

What is this building called?

The Step Pyramid (within Funerary Complex of Djoser)

What architectural structure from the Old Kingdom contained Egypt’s first known step pyramid? The space was used as a royal burial structure.

The Step Pyramid of Djoser’s Funerary Complex

A structure commissioned in the third Egyptian dynasty that included elements from mastaba royal tombs as well as complex funerary enclosures akin to those used at Abydos and Hierakonpolis? The complex covered 35 acres and had fourteen false doors as well.

Djoser’s Funerary Complex

During the first half of the Second Dynasty, the Egyptians made their capital at the city of Memphis (located on the western bank of the Nile River). What city was stationed across from Memphis that served as Memphis’s necropolis (city of the dead)?

Saqqara

What is a mastaba?

What was their main function?

A series of multiroom underground chambers covered by a flat-topped rectangular structure (partly above ground), with slanted side walls built of mud brick or stone.

They were initially used as burial chambers for rulers and their families (but were later used for elite officials as well).

During what Egyptian period were Mastaba tombs commonly used?

The Early Dynastic Period (3000-2686 BCE)

What ‘Old Kingdom’ era pyramid in Dahshur, Egypt is the first known smooth-sided Pyramid?

Sneferu’s Red Pyramid

What famous pyramids of the Fourth Dynasty rulers Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure are considered the most visible remains of funerary complexes built and endowed to rulers to enact their spiritual rebirth?

The Great Pyramids at Giza

The true pyramid with a square base and four triangular faces was first erected by what Egyptian dynasty?

(The angled sides represented rays of the sun)

The Fourth Dynasty

What is the name of this structure?

The Great Pyramids at Giza

Statue of a couple found in a royal Old Kingdom’s funerary complex at Giza that presents a double portrait of the king and his principal queen. They have a close relationship, and the sculpture is nearly life-sized. They are both striding forward

Statue of Menkaure and a Queen

This statue of Menkaure and a Queen most likely depicts what woman as the Queen?

Khamerernebty II