ARH 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Narmer, Beni Hasan, Mastaba
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Early dynastic egypt, dynasty i-iii, c. 2920-2575 bce: mastaba. Iii, c. 2630-2611 bce: evolves logically out of the concept of a mastaba but stacked on top of one another, can be compared to ziggurat: permutable, pyramidal religious structures based on the step. Serves as a mediating point between earth and heaven pyramid but serve different purposes. One for funerary death and one for living worship. Both serve as elevation to higher realm/ divine. Also discuss the material used and how that translate meaning of everlasting life. Iv-viii, c. 2575-2134 bce: great pyramids, gizeh, dyn. Iv, c. 2551-2472 bce: khufu (cheops), c. 2551-2528 bce khafre (chephren), c. 2520-2494 bce, valley temple covered causeway mortuary temple, khafre enthroned, gizeh, dyn. Iv, c. 2490-2472 bce: example of group portraiture, adhering to typical egyptian convention, geometric order, naturalistic but not realistic, front leg placed in front to symbolically suggest movement, ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, mastaba of ti, saqqara, dyn.
