ARTHIST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fifth Dynasty Of Egypt, Hatshepsut, Magnetite
5 Jun 2016
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Air view of the ceremonial complex, persepolis, iran, 518-c. 460 bce. > darius and xerxes receiving tribute, detail of a relief from the stairway leading to the apadana (ceremonial complex) Ka: the soul that lives on in the afterlife- needs a body (or a sculpture) to live in. The step pyramid, funerary compiles of djoser, saqqara, c. 2630- > established ways of representing things widely accepted by artists and patrons at a particular time and place . The ancient egyptian convention of the composite pose: usually used for depicting royalty in relief sculptures and paintings. Eyes frontal, hips/legs/feet in profile, usually in striding, torso frontal. Conventions for depicting a king: striped linen headdress, fake beard, kilt, youthful/athletic figure. Example: hierakonpolis, the palette of narmer, early dynastic period, c. 2950 bce. > hieratic scale (most important figure is the largest) Model of the giza plateau, from left to right: the temples and pyramids of menhaure, khafre and khufu.
