ARTS 149 1st Edition Lecture 10 Current Lecture Egypt Art New Kingdom I II New Kingdom a Temple of Amen Re i Karnak Egypt ii New Kingdom built during 19th dynasty and was continually added on until the 26th dynasty iii Started by Thutmose I iv Hypostyle Hall 1 Had flower of papyrus and bud capitals supporting the roof a Flower columns were 69 ft tall b Bud columns were shorter 2 Clerestory how the light and air entered the buildings a Invented by Egyptians during this time v Gateway Plyons 1 Huge slightly sloping walls with entrance in center 2 Ideas was used in many other Egyptian Temples vi Artificial Lake 1 Considered to be sacred and religious in nature 2 The water was thought by the Egyptians to be the water made before creation 3 Priests and Pharaoh would bathe in it before entering the temple b Last Judgment of Hu Nefer i Thebes Egypt ii New Kingdom iii Painted on Papyrus Scroll iv Hu Nefer a scribe prepares to enter after life 1 His heart is shown with scale and feather of truth v We can see Hieroglyphs vi Registers 1 On top register we see Hu Nefer kneeling before gods vii This was from the Book of Dead books which were sacred text of spells and prayers buried with the mummies viii We can see here that there is a return of Traditional Old Kingdom Style Late Period of New Kingdom 712 332 BCE a Foreign Powers come to Rule Egypt These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute i Persia conquers Egypt 525 BCE 1 Egyptians did not like Persian Rulers ii Alexander the Great conquers Persia 332 BCE 1 During Ptolemy s Rule and Egyptians like them because they let Egyptians continue their normal traditions iii Egypt becomes Roman Province b Mentuemhet ca 650 BCE i Late Period of New Kingdom ii Statue carved in Granite iii Karnak Egypt iv He is a Mayor of Thebes 1 We know this because he lacks all typical Pharaoh garb i e false beard headdress ect 2 He wears a double wig in this sculpture v This style is the typical Old Kingdom Egyptian art c Temple of Horus 9ca 237 27 BCE i Late Period of New Kingdom ii Edfu Egypt iii Built after Alexander the Great s Conquest iv Sunken Reliefs v Horus and Hathor are witnessing Ptolemy killing his enemies d Cleopatra i Rule with father and brothers during Ptolemy ii Had an Affair with Cesar and had child Ceasarion 1 Cesar restored her to throne iii Had an affair with Anthony but Octavian took over iv She kills herself and Octavian kills her son Ceasarion Introduction to Aegean Art III IV Greece a 3 Civilizations Cycladic islands off of mainland Greece Minoan located in Crete Helladic mainland Greece with later era called Mycenaean Cycladic Art a ca 3 000 1 600 BCE this would be during the Paleolithic age b Art was highly abstract appears modern and mostly made of Marble c Figurine of Woman ca 2 500 2 300 BCE i Cycladic Bronze age ii Carved into marble iii We see lot of geometric specifically triangular here iv Would have been with the dead v Could represent fertility or deceased d Male Lyre Player ca 2 700 2 500 BCE i Cycladic V ii Carved into marble iii Again we see geometric simplified design iv No features on face except for nose v Would have been with the dead Minoan Art a ca 3 000 1 400 BCE b Island of Crete i South of mainland Greece c Had the writing style Linear A i Has not yet been deciphered d During late Minoan period we call it the New Palace Period e Arthur Evans discovered the Palace of Minos Knossos f Palace of Minos Knossos ca 2000 BCE i Minoan Art ii Covers 5 acres and had a large population of about 80 000 people iii Named after King Minos who was written to have had a minotaur monster 1 Minotaur lived in labyrinth 2 Labyrinth is associated with axes so many reliefs of axes were found in the Palace iv The Palace is very maze like with several entries exits and levels 1 No level or palace was alike in Minoan palaces v Walls are broken down in stairwells to create lightwells where light and air enters the palace vi Stairwell in Residential Quarter 1 We can see that the columns are inverted 2 Columns are painted red shaft and black capital vii Known for its Frescos bright colors drainage systems and pottery g Bull Leaping ca 1 450 1 400 BCE i In Palace at Knossos Crete ii Minoan Art iii Toreador Fresco iv Curvilinear lines bright colors depicting bull leaping v Men were seen darkly painted and women were fair colored 1 They also had long curly hair vi There are many bulls in Minoan art and some think that bulls may have been worshipped h Ancient Thera Santorini i A volcanic island ii Main city of Akrotiri 1 Discovered in 1967 2 Was a wealthy town 3 Much pottery was recovered here VI 4 Had toilets and clay pipes 5 Preserved from Volcanic Eruption in 1 628 BCE 6 May have been Plato s Atlantis iii Miniature Ships Fresco ca 1 628 1 500 BCE 1 Akrotiri Thera 2 Minoan Art 3 Abstract Fresco so perspective is different 4 Shows a lot of other life i e deer lion dolphins iv Landscape with Swallows or Spring Fresco 1 Akrotiri Thera 2 Minoan Art 3 Fresco 4 Curvilinear lines can be seen here with swaying lilies movement and flying swallows 5 Bright colors so beautiful v Marine Style Octopus Jar ca 1 500 BCE 1 Palaikastro Crete 2 Minoan Art 3 Style covers the whole vase 4 Abstract vi Harvester Vase 1 Hagia Triada Crete 2 Minoan Art 3 Carved into Steatite 4 A vessel used for pouring liquid 5 Men are shown overlapped and dancing in a row vii Snake goddess ca 1 600 BCE 1 Found in Palace at Knossos Crete 2 Minoan Sculpture made of Faience 3 She may have been a goddess of animals or control of animal kingdom because of cat on her head and snakes in her hands 4 Wears a special Minoan dress with open top bodice and layered skirt Mycenaean Art a Ca 1 400 1 100 BCE b Style of Writing linear B language i Has been deciphered and allows us to know more about their life c The site of Homer s Troy i Heinrich Schliemann discovered it in search of city of Troy d Citadel at Tiryns ca 1 400 1 200 BCE i Mainland Greece ii Mycenaean art iii Homer wrote about this town iv Walls were thought to be made by Cyclops 1 Called Cyclopean Masonry because of this idea v Building blocks make an archway referred to as Corbelled Arch e Lion Gate ca 1 300 1 250 BCE i Mycenaean Art ii Mainland Greece iii …