Egypt Flashcards
(46 cards)
What are the changes made to art during Akhenaton’s reign?
The changes to art he made was the 18 grid system changed to 20 sq tall.
What is severe style?
Severe Style is long faces, exaggerated belly (makes you look pregnant all life from Aten), more feminine, thinner face, and thinner torso.
Why does Akhenaton make these changes?
He makes these changes because he wants his art to be more genderless like Aten.
What does Akhenaton keep traditional about his image?
In his image the things that he keeps more traditional double crown, kilt only worn by the king, and accessories.
What are the two kings of the Ramesside Battle Scenes?
Ramses 2nd & Ramses 3rd
What battles are each king fighting in the Ramesside Battle Scenes?
Ramses 2nd Battle of Qadesh/Kadesh & Ramses 3rd Battle with Sea People
What are the 2 main qualities of the Ramses 2nd Battle of Qadesh/Kadesh?
The main quality of the battle is that he is the largest person in the scene by a lot, even compared to the ruler of Hitties and Qadesh the city. In this Ramses is saying that he killed 25 people himself on the 1st day. Ramses is the order in this image and the battle is the chaos.
What are the 2 main qualities of the Ramses 3rd Battle with Sea Peoples?
The main quality of this battle is that Ramses is the largest in the image on Sea People scouts, he is the order, and the chaos is the battle. He doesn’t say how many people he killed specifically.
What are the 5 Egyptian and Ancient Eastern conventions of Narmer’s Palette?
It is a hand sized piece of coal that was 2 feet tall. People would put it in front of their eyes because the sun was so bright. It has 5 registers, Narmer is the biggest, the labeling is of people’s names like wa’sh & horus, there is a profile frontal combination, and there is gender-inequality.
What are the 5 Egyptian and Ancient Eastern conventions of Tomb 100?
Nekhen is where the king is buried. It has stick figures on it, there are 6 boats, 5 White Nile boats, and 1 black boat. There is no labeling on it, there are women (3, you know because they are wearing skirts) but because they’re goddess they don’t count for gender inequality, there is one king he is one of the smallest figures. It is too basic for frontal profile, and there are no registers.
What ritual is Amenemhat 1st doing in the image?
In this ritual he is doing the Heb Sed ritual.
How are this image, the ritual, and time a conundrum/lie?
This image is a lie because a king does this ritual every thirty years, but Amenmhat was assassinated 29 years 6 months 3 days into his rule. He missed the ritual by 5 months and 27 days. The chapel had already been built, but when you write something in hieroglyphs it automatically becomes true. The Egyptians knew that they couldn’t leave it up, but they also couldn’t destroy it as well. His son Senusret takes the blocks and puts them in a chapel that he built for himself.
What are some problems that show up in 1st Intermediate Period art?
Some problems that show up are proportions with heads are not proportional, hieroglyphs are off and sloppy, some objects are floating, people might not be sitting correctly in chairs, facial features might be too big, no grid system, carvings are too deep, blank space, and mismatched legs.
Why are these “problems” allowed to happen during the 1st Intermediate Period?
These “problems” are allowed because the central government isn’t in control of artists anymore after reign of Pepi 2nd and artists can do whatever they want.
What is the middle of the first intermediate examples?
Intef is the son of Mentuhotep & Neferu. Proportions of his head is off, hieroglyphs are off and sloppy. His job title is hunter, and he very successful because he has 3 wives: Mary, Iutu, Inu. His right arm is coming in front of his body.
What is the best of the first intermediate examples?
Intef and his wife Senettekh and one of their sons giving them offerings. Their bodies are correct, hieroglyphs are better, dog under chair is a thing for this period. Senettekh is not all the way to the back of the chair and the offering are floating’s.
What is the worst of the first intermediate examples?
Rehu and his wife Meret. They have big eyes, no grid system, he’s too deep, in the hieroglyphs we have the god Anubis as a stick figure, hieroglyphs are off, blank space (Egyptians don’t like blank space), mismatched legs.
Where do Tomb Models go?
Tomb models go in Tombs.
What is the function of Tomb Models?
The function is someone who had a job in their life would also carry that job in the afterlife. But if they had a tomb model, they could have that as well.
How do you “turn a tomb model on/off”?
They could turn it on by a spell that someone would say in their tomb and for it to end they would have to say a different spell.
What is the realism of the models in relation to both everyday life/jobs and architecture?
In the models it would show three things: architecture (we can see inside things paint, materials, how things are made), occupations (they love middle management), and regular everyday life you can’t see anywhere else.
What changes does Hatshepsut make to her image?
The changes she makes to her image is that she changed her hands, feet, wore the nemes headdress, false beard, shendjyt kilt is all male. Horus god is male, which means that king should be male. She had male and female titles.
Why did Hatshepsut make these changes?
She made these changes because her husband the king died and she became regent for a while because her son was too young to rule. The elites didn’t care, but the lower class weren’t happy with this. So she was trying to show the people at the lower class that she rule and she has power.
What did Hatshepsut keep traditional?
Her face, waist curve, hips, and chest weren’t flat or defined. The closer that she got to where she lived her statues became more feminine.
