art of ancient Egypt Flashcards
How did Egypt develop from a Paleolithic culture to a dynastic civizliation?
The start of settlement and agriculture along the Nile River started the dynastic civilzation. It followed a continous culture, and conventions and customs changed very little.
What Egyptian artistic conventions appear in Stele of Amenemhat?
Amenemhat and Hemet are shown with their heads in profile, their shoulders frontal, and their chest, buttocks, and legs in profile.
How do the ziggurats of Mesopotamia differ from the early pyramids?
Function and purpose of the structures.
What was the configuration of the New Kingdom temple?
Like homes with a hall and sanctuary. The desgin was symmetrical and axial.
How was Hatshepsut portrayed in Egyptian royal art?
Portrayed herself in statures and paintings. With a male body and a false beard.
Compare and contrast the formal representations of Hkafre and Khenaten.
Khafre and Akhenaten were made 1000 years apart from each other.
Explain the reason behind the naming of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
The Nile River flows South to North. Upper and Lower Egypt were named because they were on the upper and lower Nile.
