Unit 3 - Egyptian art and architecture

Presentation about Egyptian art for 1st ESO

1. EGYPTIAN ART

2. ARCHITECTURE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS Materials : stone. Constructive elements: - Columns for holding the buildings. - Flat roofs Types : tombs and temples.

3. TEMPLES - Religious architecture Dedicated to the gods.

4. Temple of Luxor

5. Temple of Karnak

6. Temple of Karnak

7. Temple of Karnak

8. Temple of Debod

9. Speos Rock temple (carved in the mountain) Abu Simbel temples Ramesses II and Nefertari

10. TOMBS – Funerary architecture They evolved over time

11. Mastaba Flat-topped pyramid with a chamber underground

12. Pyramid Giza pyramid complex: Khufu, Khafra, Menkaure ( Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinos )

13. For pharaohs and family. Passageways and corridors inside.

14. Hypogeum (PL: hypogea ) Carved in the mountain

15. SCULPTURE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS Statues (free-standing) and relieves. Funerary and religious functions. Pharaohs , gods, nobles. Idealization , rigidity, arms attached to the body, inexpressive face. Frontality : arms, legs and head in profile, chest and eye as seen frontally.

16. * Mykerinos triad * Nefertiti

17. * Seated Scribe Non-idealised representation  Realistic

18. * Great Sphinx of Giza

19. PAINTING MAIN CHARACTERISTICS Religious and decorative functions, in temples and tombs. Frontality Hierarchical perspective: size according to importance. Idealisation