FMD 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thutmose Iii, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut
22 Sep 2016
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I: reasons for so many extant artifacts: Dry conditions: isolation and preservation, visual evidence, wall paintings, sculpture, pottery models: religious functions; houses for the soul and receptacle for food; depicts activities that would be important in afterlife; dress, concerns and limitations. Artistic conventions: e. g. , size 1 dimensionality, lack of depth limits our understanding of what was worn. Social conventions: e. g. , hatshepsut, pharaoh"s widow, regent for nephew/son, Thutmose iii: written evidence, hieroglyphs, herodotus, 5th century bce, greek (historical secondary source) Motifs: geometric, nature- plant life, animal, other: sun, moon, ect. c. Textiles: religion, hygiene and wool, technology- mordants, technological influence with ideology- aesthetics. Dress: technology, primarily draped/wraped, stratification, economic status: quality of the textile, quantity of fabric and adornment, general social stratification: amount of body covered, gender dress distinctions, men, lower body: loin cloth, skirt/skent, apron. Upper body: tunic, corselet with straps, long wrapped (robe-like garments: women: lower class: skirts and tunics.
