ART 10000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Art Of Ancient Egypt, Hunefer, Egyptomania
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What are the major clich s and why might they have formed over time: hieroglyphics, aliens, mummies. Egyptomania beginning with napoleon"s campaigns, continues with european empire building. Hieroglyphs: a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient egyptian and other writing systems. Example of hieroglyphs: anubis, god of cemeteries and embalming in the page from the book of the dead of. Hunefer, c. 1275 b. c. e: hunefer"s heart being weight against a feather in the judgment before, illustration from a. Book of the dead of hunefer, new kingdom, dynasty 19, c. 1285 bce. Pictograph: a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Naturalistic: refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting. Example of naturalistic: funeral mask of tutankhamun, (reigned 1332-1323 bc. Normal features like a nose, eyebrows, ears but it made of gold giving it the naturalistic look.
