CAS AH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Narmer Palette, Abu Simbel Temples, Senusret Iii

• School: Boston University
• Department: History of Art & Architecture
• Course: CAS AH 111
• Professor: Kleiner Fred

Document Summary

Palette of king narmer: unification of upper/lower egypt, registers, dead seen from above, upper egypt crown, inclusion of horus, symbolism. Mastabas: standard tomb, brick/stone rectangle, derdab (house dead person), underground chambers. Imhotep and djoser: at saqqara (necropolis), first pyramid, stacked mastabas, detail of the fa ade (engaged columns, shafts and capitals resembling papyrus plants) Head of king, body of lion (associated w/ sun god) Seated khafre: imported diorite, polished surface, canon representation of king (bilateral symmetry, perfect body, eternal stillness through leaving original stone between limbs) ): freestanding, stiff/unrealistic pose, suggest timelessness in order to house ka. Rahotep and nofret: skin paint (light = female, dark = male) Seated scribe: realism increase as social status decrease, shows egyptian ability. Ti watching hippo hunt: painted relief sculpture, hierarchy of scale, ignore proportions/drew from canon or a grid. Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal: painted limestone relief, unconventional poses (bottom register), portray eternal afterlife activities (not real life)