Egyptian Art

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Egyptian Art

• Old Kingdom (2686-2150 BCE)
• Middle Kingdom (2100-1700 BCE)
• New Kingdom (1500-1085 BCE)

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OLD KINGDOM- THE GREAT PYRAMIDS
STEP PYRAMID OF ZOSER (Saqqara (2680 BCE)
Architect- Imhotep
-65m (20 stories) -buriel chamber 25 m below
monument
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THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA (2530-2470)
-Square base 276m x 276m, 176m high (55
stories) -tallest structure in the world until
the Eiffel tower was built -2 million blocks of
stone -burial chamber in the heart of the
pyramid -Interior walls covered by relief
sculptures
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The outer covering of the pyramids have been
eroded off, Note the size of the stones (some
over40 tons)
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Great Sphinx (guards the pyramids of Giza)

• 80 m in length -Carved from a rocky ledge
• Body of a lion -Head of Chefren ( one of the
  Pharaohs who built one of the pyramids)
• It has beenvandalized and damaged further by the
  sandblasting winds of the Sahara

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MIDDLE KINGDOM (2100-1700 BCE)
FUNERAL TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT 1480 BCE

• Built into a cliff and part was built inside
• Many terraces walls, colonnades, sculptured
  relief's, passageways. Large open terraces

• Queen spent most of her reign construcitn the
  temple.
• She would strap a falsr beard to her chin and
  wear mens clothing when she visited her site.

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NEW KINGDOM (1500-1085)
HYPOSTLE HALL (1530 BCE)
Temple of Amun, at Karnack
-135 columns, 21 metres high (7 stories) -columns
capped with open-flowered capitals- some in the
shape of a lotus blossom -covered in reliefs
lintels
Columns close together to prevent storne lintels
from breaking
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SCULPTURE- Old Kingdom
Mycerinus and His Queen

• Cut from a single block of slate
• Almost life size
• frontal pose-one foot out
• stylized

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Katep and his Wife

• Carved limestone and painted
• 47 cm (18 high)
• Very formal

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NEW KINGDOM
Akhenaton and His Family (1350 BCE)

• Limestone relief
• Akenaton married to Nefrettiti, uncle of
  Tutankhaten
• First Time in Egyptian history belief in one god-
  Aton-the sun god
• First time art is realistic- note pot belly
• Enjoying family pleasures

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Realistic depiction- elongated face and
hands Note the pot belly of the sculpture
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• Akhenatons wife, a most beautiful woman
• Left abandoned in the artists studio
• Realistic

Nefertiti (1360 BCE)
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King Tutankhaten (King Tut)
Akhenaton's successor at the age of nine, ruled
for nine years Famous due to the riches found in
his UNVANDALIZED tomb (hidden under the ruins of
another tomb)
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Rameses II (1257 BCE)

• Stylized art return
• Ruled for 67years
• Multitude of statues of himself all over Egypt
• Temple of Abu Simbel- carved out of a cliff

HUGE EGO_ HUGE SCULPTURE (itty bitty person)
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FIGURES IN ARTWORK
Heads-profile Eye- frontal Shoulders-
frontal Arms- both arms and legs shown- usually
stretched out- profile -two right feet
Descriptive Perspective- the most important
figures were larger than the less important ones
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Figures in Relief Sculpture
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Hieroglyphics
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• Designing Your Own Written Language
• For our next project you will create your own
  hieroglyphics. In the end you will use this
  language to write a statement in you final
  Egyptian Project. The artwork in the final
  project will match the topic you chose for your
  hieroglyphics.
• We'll use this procedure
• Choose a topic of interest to you.
• Generate ideas for pictures by web-mapping and
  brainstorming.
• Create about 26 polished, realistic drawings that
  relate to your theme. They do not have to bigger
  than 2 x 2
• Carefully, and thoughtfully simplify these
  drawings until they become symbols. Consider
  balance, ease of writing, elegance, and negative
  space when designing.
• Don't over simplify! Reducing a picture to just a
  few lines can make a language seem dull. Choose
  the designs where your letters are simplified to
  degree similar to the hieroglyphs.
• Assign each symbol a letter for the English
  alphabet.

Final Artwork Central Panel- Design a central
panel for you Egyptian project. Combine Egyptian
style drawing, Egyptian symbols and the topic
(theme) of your hieroglyphics/ (if its sports-
Egyptian gods playing hockey, for
example). Border- Create an Egyptian border
around the central picture. Hieroglyphics- Use
your own developed hieroglyphics to write a
statement in your drawing. Please remember that I
can read them. Medium- the final drawing will be
on half a sheet of Mayfair. It should be drawn
lightly in pencil and then outlined in then black
marker, All pencil lines should be erased. It
will be rendered in pencil crayons, and should
include such techniques as shading, colour
blending, scrubbing and texture.
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Beanie Babies
Realistic
Simplified Hieroglyphics
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Grade 9 Egyptian Project Name

  OUT OF MARK            
Knowledge                
Shows knowledge of Hieroglyphics 5   5          
Application              
technical skill for sketching 26 realistic items for letters 20            
Technical skill in simplifying the 26 letters 10            
technical drawing skill of the central picture 15            
skill of drawing, inking and incorporationg the hieroglyphic statement 10            
technical use of coloured pencils-colour blending, texture, shading 25            
border design-reflection of Egyptian theme 5            
border design-technical drawing 10            
Degree of difficulty- were you challenged 10   0          
Thinking and Inquiry                
evidence of prepatory work-rough sketches, practice colour sheets etc. 10              
Evidence in choosing a central theme to your hieroglyphics 5              
evidence of including am Egyptian motif for your border and central picture 10   0          
Communication            
Reflection should clearly communicate your artistic intent and thought process. 10            
Presentation of final work-neatness 5   0          
150 0