Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt - Houston Community College

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Chapter 3:
Art of Ancient Egypt
• TERMS: sarcophagus, ankh, scarab,
conventions, canon of proportions,
hieroglyphs, façade, mastaba, serdab,
necropolis, canopic jars, clerestory, portico,
pylon, peristyle, hypostyle hall, collonade,
sunken relief, demotic
Map 3-1
Map
Timeline of Culture:
Egyptian Art
Periods:
• Early Dynastic Period: 3000-2500 BCE
• Old Kingdom: 2500-2100 BCE
• Middle Kingdom: 2000-1650 BCE
• New Kingdom: 1500-1000 BCE
• Amarna Period: 1353-1336 BCE
• Greco-Roman Period: 332 BCE-395 CE
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Culture: Egyptian
Period/Style: Early Dynastic
Title: The Narmer Palette
Medium: Green schist
Date: 3000-2500 BCE
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Culture: Egyptian
Period/Style: Early Dynastic
Title: King Djoser’s
Funerary Complex
Artist: Imhotep
Medium: Limestone
Date: 3000-2500 BCE
Location: Saqqara, Egypt
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Culture: Egyptian
Period/Style: Old Kingdom
Title: Great Pyramids
Medium: Granite and limestone
Date: 2500-2100 BCE
Location: Giza, Egypt
3-6
Culture: Egyptian
Period/Style: Old Kingdom
Title: Great Sphinx at Khare’s Funerary Complex
Medium: Sandstone
Date: 2500-2100 BCE
Location: Giza, Egypt
3-8
Culture: Egyptian
Period/Style: Old Kingdom
Title: Statue of Khafre
Medium: Diorite-gabbro gneiss
Date: 2500-2100 BCE
3-9
Culture: Egyptian
Period/Style: Old Kingdom
Title: Menkaure and a Queen
Medium: Painted graywacke
Date: 2500-2100 BCE
3-10
Culture: Egyptian
Period/Style: Old Kingdom
Title: Seated Scribe
Medium: Painted limestone
Date: 2500-2100 BCE