03 History of Arts & Interior Design: Egypt 03

Nile River

What River is the Egyptians means of communication , highway and lifeline?

The Land of Pharaoh and Desert Land

Egypt is also known _________ and _______.

Fertile Soil

The greatest wealth of Egypt.

Acacia

What wood is used for their boat?

Sycamore

What wood is used for the mummy cases?

Pylon

Egyptian gateway to temples is called ___.

Papyrus

Egyptian ornament symbolized fertility is _____.

Obelisk

Pillars that stood in pairs at the front of Egyptian temples.

Battered Wall

Characteristic features of Egyptian External wall

Internal Effect

Egyptian Architecture was designed principally for __________.

Osiris Pillars

The prototype of the caryatids of the Greeks.

Heiroglypics

Characteristic of wall ornament.

Lotus, Papyrus and Palm

The favorite motif design of Egyptian.

Sarcophagus

Egyptian coffin is also called _____.

Mastaba

Tomb-houses that were made to take the body at full-length are called ____. Tomb built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty

Gorge

Egyptian cornice that consists roll and hollow moulding is called ___.

Massiveness, Monumental, Simplicity

Characteristics of Egyptian Architecture.

Columnar and trabeated

Egyptian System of construction.

Amenophis III

Who erected the Colossi of Memnon.

Ptolemy III

The Architect of the great serapeum at Alexandria.

Hatshepsut

The funeral temple at Der-el Bahari built by ___.

Pyramid

The structure whose sides were made to face the four cardinal points.

Seti I

Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?

Remeses I

Who completed the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?

Great Temple of Abu-Simbel

The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut temple. The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is carved in the pylon.

Ptolemy II

Builder of the famous Pharos or Light House.

Cult Temple

What do you call the Egyptian temples built for the worship of the Deity (Gods)?

Valley Building

In the pyramid complex, embalment and interment rites took place in the _____.

Stele

An upright stone containing the name of the dead.

Serdab

An inner secret chamber in mastaba containing statues and possessions of the deceased.

Imhotep

The first architect recorded in history.

Imhotep

Who designed the Saqqara Complex and Stepped pyramid of King Djoser.

Thi

The Royal Architect and Superintendent of the Great Pyramid.

2.5 to 15 tonnes

What is the weigh of each stones in the Great Pyramids.

Mortuary Temple

What do you call the Egyptian temples for offering and worship a deceased person, usually a deified kin (Pharaoh).

Hypostyle Hall

A pillared hall in which the roof rests on columns.

The Great temple of Amon-Ra

The Grandest example of Egyptian temple built is _____.

Androsphinx

The great sphinx at Gizeh, (in the form of a lion with the head of a man), to represent the Sky God Horus.

Mammisi Temple

Birth-House, a small egyptian side temple, kiosk, or tent-shrine, dedicated to the rites of the Goddess Isis (Wife of Osiris).

Senuserets

Who began the Earliest Obelisk, Heliopolis?

Avenue of Sphinx

Lead to a tall portal guarded by a towering pylon.

Sphinx

A figure of an imaginary creature having the body of a lion, and the head of a man, ram or hawk.

Criosphinx

The Sphinx in Rek-minh-Re at Thebes, (in the form of a lion with the head of a Ram).

Hieracosphinx

Sphinx which (in the form of a lion with the head of a Falcon).

Kiosk

A freestanding stone canopy structure supported by columns in Egyptian Architecture. (Hypaethral, classical temple that is partly open to the sky).

Barque Temple

A room or building in which the image of the pharaoh or deity was revered.

Step Pyramid

An Egyptian pyramid-type whose sides are stepped with tiers rather than smooth. eg. Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser)

Bent Pyramid

An Egyptian pyramid-type in which each triangular planar surface changes direction as it approaches the top. Also called the Blunt or False Pyramid.

Sloped Pyramid

An Egyptian pyramid-type in which four sloping triangular sides, with a fixed angle, culminate at an apex. And also called True Pyramid.