Egyptian

• The Egyptian civilization can be divided into three periods

  ❖ OLD ❖ MIDDLE ❖ NEW KINGDOM
• EGYPTIAN ART - art should be something religious and spiritual
• Narmer Palette - a palette that utilized and applied dark colors around King Narmer’s eyes.
• Narmer Palette - A symbol that commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
• The Great Sphinx of Giza - one of the world's largest monuments
• The Great Sphinx of Giza - a giant 4,500 yrs old limestone statue situated near the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt
• The Great Sphinx of Giza - Measuring 240 feet (73 meters) long and 66 feet (20 meters) high
• Great Sphinx of Giza served as tombs since their main purpose was to provide a resting place for the pharaohs.
• Queen Nefertiti (1340 B.C) - features of the face like an elongate jaw and thick-lidded eyes
• The bust of Queen Nefertiti has a long and sensuous neck
• Naturalism was not only used to depict the pharaoh but also was used for members of the royal family.
• Neferneferuaten Nefertiti - Great royal wife of King Akhenaten in Western Culture
• produced six daughters, a female royal contingent
• Nefertiti holds the position as the Egyptian queen with the most surviving appearances on monuments and other artistic mediums
• King Tutankhamen - He became king at a very young age
• King Tutankhamen - died at the age of eighteen
• Howard Carter discovered tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922
• the coffin was made out of solid gold. The body of the young king was eredred in linen and a gold mask covered his face
• One of the early civilizations where art flourished was the EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION.