Chapter 3 Study Guide

Egyptian Art

Egypt

Predynastic/Early Dynastic

●      Palette of King Narmer, c. 3000-2920 BCE

●      Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, c. 2630-2611 BCE

Old Kingdom

●      Great Pyramids of Gizeh, c. 2551-2472 BCE

●      Khafre Enthroned, c. 2520-2494 BCE

Middle Kingdom

●      Fragmentary Head of Senusret III, c. 1860 BCE

New Kingdom

●      Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, c. 1473-1458 BCE

●      Senmut with Princess Nefrura, c. 1470-1460 BCE

●      Nebamun Hunting Fowl, c. 1400-1350 BCE

Amarna

●      Akhenaton, c. 1353-1335 BCE

●      Thutmose, Nefertiti, c. 1353-1335 BCE

●      Family of Akhenaten, c. 1353-1335 BCE

Post-Amarna

●      Death Mask of Tutankhamun, c. 1323 BCE

1. What shift in Egyptian history does the Palette of King Narmer represent?

2. What is a mastaba?

3. The earliest recorded name of an artist was an Egyptian architect. What was his name and what great building was he responsible for?

4. What does the Great Sphinx at Gizeh represent?

5. What physical characteristics makes the sculpture of the Seated Scribe from Saqqara different from traditional sculptures of kings and officials? Why is it acceptable for him to be shown this way?

6. What are 3 differences between the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser and a Mesopotamian ziggurat? Consider form, function, and location

7. How did tomb construction change in the Middle Kingdom?

8. What was unusual about Hatshepsut and the way she had herself depicted?

9. Why are animals shown more naturalistically in Egyptian art than humans are?

10. How did artistic conventions change during the Amarna period?

11. What does the absence of a ground line represent in the painting on the chest from the tomb of Tutankhamen?