Art Finals- Ancient Egypt Flashcards
(12 cards)
0
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Composite view
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Combining different views of the subject
1
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Register
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Horizontal band containing decoration
2
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Mastaba
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- an ancient Egyptian tomb
- rectangular with sloping sides and flat roof
3
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Descriptive perspective
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More important –> larger
4
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Cartouche
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An oval shaped hieroglyph that is the pharaoh’s name
5
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Stylization
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Exaggeration
6
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Rosetta Stone
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- deciphered by Champollion (French)
- hieroglyphic, demotic/ Greek Steele
7
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Old Kingdom (2700-2150)
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- King Menkaure and His Queen
- Frontal
- idealized, geometric
- bust of Nefertiti
8
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King Menkaure and His Wife
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- neutral, calm facial expression
- has her hands around his waist
- clenched fist
- left foot in front
- canon of proportions (measured with palm width)
- embedded in stone slab
9
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Great Pyramids of Giza
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- Old Kingdom
- Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chefren), Menakure (Mycerinus, smallest)
10
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Step Pyramid
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- by Imhotep
- located in Sakkara
- first huge stone structure, world architecture
11
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New Kingdom (1480 BCE)
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- built into mountain side (protection)
- Temple of Hatshepsut: - Senemut
- in valley of kings, connected by ramps
