ARTH 2401 Final Exam

New Kingdom

1640 -1070 BCE

Stylistic characteristics of the Amarna period

Most students of ancient Egyptian are aware that the Artwork composed during the Amarna Period under Akhenaten differs markedly from that of other periods in Egyptian history, One of the most visible changes in the art of this period was the manner in whi

Religion of the sun god in the Amarna period

The Amarna Period in Egyptian history is a spectacular time filled with mystery, regardless of the massive research and analysis of Egyptologists and layman enthusiasts. Because religion played such a significant role in all of Egypt's history, the period

Religion with preoccupation with afterlife in the 19th and 20th dynasties

According to their religion, when you died, your soul continued. But unlike in a lot of modern religions, your soul was not just a formless thing. It actually could animate a statue of the dead person, or much better, the body of the dead person. And that

Custom of household cult of the ancestors: stele and busts of ancestors

Ancestor cult in Ancient Egypt
The cult of the dead is prominent in ancient Egypt, but generally involves a person securing an afterlife either for themselves or for immediate relations: there is less evidence that ancestors from earlier generations recei

Temple of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE

Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, New Kingdom ca.1640 - 1070 BCE

Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amun, at Karnak, 19th Dynasty New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE

State Temple at Luxor New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE

Statue of Akhenaten New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE

Relief with Akhenaten and Nefertiti, New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE

Limestone Altar stele with Akhenaten and his family New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE

Nefertiti bust New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE

Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE

Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen New Kingdom ca.1640 -1070 BCE

Temple of Ramses III at Medinet New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE

Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel,
19th Dynasty New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE

Painting in the tomb of Panehsy,
19th dynasty New Kingdom 1640 -1070 BCE

Papyrus with Hu-Nefer's last
judgment, 19th Dynasty New Kingdom 1640 - 1070 BCE

Temple of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE

Cult of Horus the child

Originally the sky-god of the Nile Valley, whose eyes were the sun and moon, the falcon deity Horus was soon assimilated into the Osirian myth as the child of Isis and Osiris. Raised in the swamps of the Delta by Isis and Hathor, Horus set out to avenge h

Coffin decoration, wooden stele and papyri in coffins

The Egyptians began to use containers for the body in burials before the 1st dynasty. Coffins were mostly box-like during the Old Kingdom and the characteristic Egyptian anthropoid (human shaped) type appeared first in the Middle Kingdom. The development

Coffin of Hor, 22nd dynasty 3rd Intermediate Period
(1070 - 712 BCE)

Funerary stele of Deniuenkhons,
22nd dynasty
3rd Intermediate Period
(1070 - 712 BCE)

Vignette from the Book of the dead
Provenance Coffin of Deniuenkhons, Thebes, 22nd dynasty
3rd Intermediate Period
(1070 - 712 BCE)

Return to old Kingdom prototypes in the end of the 3rd intermediate and during the late period

Upper Egypt remained for a time under the rule of Tantamani, while Lower Egypt was ruled from 664 BC by the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, client kings established by the Assyrians who nevertheless managed to successfully bring about Egypt's political independence

Statue of Montuemhat, Karnak, 25th dynasty
Late Period (712 - 332 BCE)

Statue of Tjayasetimu, 25th dynasty
Late Period (712 - 332 BCE)

Ziggurat in the palace of Sargon II with spiral ramp

Sargon II
City surrounded by defensive walls & measures 1 sq. mile
Palace elevated on 50 ft. mound & covered 25 acres + more than 200 rooms
King received emissaries in throne room (had to pass life-size statues of king/lions
Ziggurat was 7 stories high; e

Reliefs with dying animals and lion hunts in the Palace of Assurbanibal in Ninneveh

The Most Magnificent Achievement Of Assyrian Culture Was In The Field Of Art�The Carved Figures With Which Sculptors Decorated Temples And Palaces. By Filling Open Spaces With Scenes Of Battlefield And Hunting Ground, The Assyrians Bequeathed A Rich Legac

Lionhunt relief from the Palace of Assurnasirpal II, Assyrians
883 - 612 BCE

Enemies crossing the Euphrates river from the Palace of Assurnasirpal II,
Assyrians
883 - 612 BCE

Citadel of Sargon II in Dur Sharrukin,
Assyrians
700 BC-601 BC

Relief with Assurbanipal and his queen in his Palace at Nineveh,
Assyrians
883 - 612 BCE

Stylistic characteristics going back to Babylonian and Sumerian Art

Sumerian craftsmanship was of marked excellence from very early times. A vase in alabaster from Erech (c.3500 ; Iraq Mus., Baghdad) shows a detailed ceremonial procession of men and animals to the fertility goddess Inanna, carved in four bands on an elega

Stele of Mardukapaliddina, Neo-Babylon
614-539 BCE

614 - 604 BCE

Nabopolassar, an Assyrian commander established his dynasty with Babylon as his capital

604 - 562 BCE

Nebuchadnezzar, son of Nabopolassar

Ishtar Gate in Babylon,
Neo-Babylon
614 - 539 BCE

Building inscription of
Nabuapaliddina,
Neo-Babylon
614 - 539 BCE

Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek prototypes in Persian art

The art of ancient Persia includes architecture, painting, sculpture, metalwork and goldsmithing from the early kingdom of Iran in southwest Asia. The term "Persia" derives from a region of southern Iran previously known as Persis, or Parsa, which itself

Plan of Persepolis, Iran,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE

7th century

Achaemenes established the Persian dynasty

7th century

Medians subjugated the Persians

First half of 6th century

Daughter of Median ruler Astyages married Persian Cambyses I

559 BCE

Son of Cambyses I, Cyrus I united Medes and Persians, conquered Ecbatana, Babylon, India, Anatolia

552 BCE

Son of Cyrus, Cambyses II conquered Egypt

522 - 486 BCE

Son of Cambyses II, Darius I conquered Asia Minor, Black Sea, Balkans

485 - 465

Xerxes

Hall of 100 columns,
Persians
559-330 BC

Apadana,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE

Apadana,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE

Apadana,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE

Hall of 100 columns,
Persians
559-330 BC

Hall of 100 columns,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE

Darius and Xerxes, Treasury,
Persepolis,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE

Reliefs in Apadana depicting tribune, and combat scenes, 518 - 460 BCE

This broken relief from the Persian royal capital Persepolis depicts a row of so-called Susian guards. They are very similar to figures formed from moulded glazed bricks from the city of Susa. They may represent the 'immortals' who made up the king's pers

3rd Intermediate Period

1070 - 712 BCE

Late Period

712 - 332 BCE

Assyrian

883 - 612 BCE

Neo?Babylon

614 - 539 BCE

Persians

700 - 323 BCE

Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel,
19th Dynasty New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE

Temple of Ramses III at Medinet
New Kingdom
ca.1640 -1070 BCE