ART 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Art Of Ancient Egypt, Ss 1, Tutankhamun
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Subject matter: egyptian pharaoh who would rule for 25 years. Significance: shows his power, used as emergency vessels if the mummy tomb was destro(cid:455)ed a(cid:374)d the(cid:374) this statue (cid:449)ould ser(cid:448)e as a (cid:271)a(cid:272)kup ho(cid:373)e for their (cid:862)ka(cid:863) or (cid:862)soul(cid:863) *if everyone drew a picture of professor tom, the subject matter would remain the same but the style might different from individual to individual. Egypt will serve as our baseline for the rest of the art we look at. Egyptian art cast over a very long period of time (about 3,000 years) and hardly even changed. Pre-dynastic: before 3200 bc - ruled by tribes. Early-dynastic: up to 2600 bc - all of the area of egypt was ruled under one by king narmer. Old kingdom: up to 2150 bc - flourishing really robust commerce and art. Middle period: up to 1540 bc - invasions, turmoil, a period of difficulty. New kingdom: up to 1075 bc flourishing again.
