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    Between 5,000 BC and 500 BC, Egyptian art focused on honoring gods and telling stories through art. Much of Egyptian art depicted important deities like Isis, Osiris, Ra, Horus, and Amun-Ra. Egyptian pharaohs like Tutankhamun, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, Khufu, and Khafre governed with absolute authority and were buried in elaborate tombs and pyramids like the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Step Pyramid of King Zoser. Egyptian art followed strict artistic canons and featured figures in stylized poses to depict important religious and historical themes.

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    Between 5,000 BC and 500 BC, Egyptian art focused on honoring gods and telling stories through art. Much of Egyptian art depicted important deities like Isis, Osiris, Ra, Horus, and Amun-Ra. Egyptian pharaohs like Tutankhamun, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, Khufu, and Khafre governed with absolute authority and were buried in elaborate tombs and pyramids like the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Step Pyramid of King Zoser. Egyptian art followed strict artistic canons and featured figures in stylized poses to depict important religious and historical themes.

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    Egyptian Art

    5,000 BC to 500 BC

    What do you already know about


    Ancient Egypt?
    What do you want to know
    about Egypt?

    Between the time of the


    prehistoric cave people
    and the ancient
    Egyptian civilization, the
    people of Mesopotamia
    created many works of
    art and made many
    advancements in way of
    art, architecture and
    writing.

    Egypt is located around the Nile River.


    Yearly floods deposited much fertile soil
    into the valley around the river. The
    Egyptian people gradually began farming
    instead of gathering. The great Egyptian
    dynasties rose from this farming culture

    Much of Egyptian art was about their deities. They, like the
    prehistoric people wanted to tell stories through their art.
    Also they wished to honor their gods and goddesses.

    Isis- Health, Marriage,


    wisdom
    Osiris- Transition to the
    afterlife
    Ra- the sun
    Horus- The sky
    Annubis- Mummification and
    the afterlife
    Thoth- writing, scribes,
    wisdom
    Hathor-Joy and motherhood
    Amon-King of gods, god of
    the wind
    Set- Storms, desers, chaos

    When Akhenaten became pharoah, he proclaimed there


    was only one god. This was a combination of Amon and
    Ra; the king of the gods and the sun god. Amun-ra
    Amun-Ra is the most widely recorded of the Egyptian
    gods. As the chief deity of the Egyptian Empire, Amun-Ra
    also came to be worshipped outside of Egypt, in Ancient
    Libya and Nubia, and as Zeus Ammon came to be
    identified with Zeus in Ancient Greece.

    Egyptian Kings were known as


    pharaohs. They governed with
    complete authority. The most famous
    pharoahs include Tutankhamun,
    Amenhotep III, Amenhotep IV
    (Akhenaten), Khufu, and Khafre.

    Great Pyramids of Giza

    Step
    Pyramid of
    King Zoser

    Khufu (tallest),
    Khafre (background),
    and Menkaure (front).

    What was the purpose of the pyramids?


    Pharaohs were buried inside the tomb, along with all of
    their worldly possessions in order aid them in the
    afterlife.

    Inside the tomb along with all


    the treasure would be a stone
    coffin. Inside that coffin was
    another type of coffin called a
    sarcophagus.

    Often there would be


    several progressively
    smaller sarcophagi inside.

    Because the
    sarcophagus typically
    belonged to a wealthy,
    important person or
    royalty, it would often be
    made of gold and inlaid
    with precious jewels. This
    particular one belonged
    to King Tut

    Egyptian burial
    masks were
    placed on the
    mummy before
    being put into
    the innermost
    sarcophagus

    During the
    mummification
    process,
    organs were
    removed and
    placed into
    canopic jars in
    case they
    were needed
    in the afterlife.

    Bodies were soaked in


    embalming fluid then
    wrapped in a gauze
    like material to be
    preserved for the
    afterlife.

    Tombs were often


    adorned with detailed
    paintings.

    The Egyptian Canon of art was a set of


    rules that guided the proportions and scale
    of their sculptures and paintings. This strict
    system of measurement. divided the body
    into 18 equal parts from the hairline to the
    soles of the feet. Pharaoh were often
    depicted in this common stance, which
    came to be known as the Pharaonic pose.
    Left foot forward, arms down, making a fist
    (unless they were holding something.)

    This seated Pharaoh


    (Khafre) still exhibits the stiff
    pose, and balled fist.

    Khafre was son


    of Khufu. This is
    his pyramid. He
    was inspiration
    for the Sphinx.

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