Middle Kingdom
1 Fragmentary head of Senusret III
2 3 4 Another Portrait of Senusret III
5 More portraits of Senusret III
6 Nubia
7 "I have made my boundary further south than my fathers, I have added to what was bequeathed me. I am a king who speaks and acts, What my heart plans is done by my arm. One who attacks to conquer, who is swift to succeed, ln whose heart a plan does not slumber. Considerate to clients, steady in mercy, Merciless to the foe who attacks him. One who attacks him who would attack, Who stops when one stops, Who replies to a matter as befits it. To stop when attacked is to make bold the foe's heart, Attack is valor, retreat is cowardice, A coward is he who is driven from his border. Since the Nubian listens to the word of mouth, To answer him is to make him retreat. Attack him, he will turn his back, Retreat, he will start attacking. They are not people one respects, They are wretches, craven-hearted. My majesty has seen it, it is not an untruth. I have captured their women, I have carried off their subjects, Went to their wells, killed their cattle, Cut down their grain, set fire to it. As my father lives for me, I speak the truth! It is no boast that comes from my mouth.“
From Semna stela of Senusret III
8 Lady Sennuwy, Boston Museum of Fine Arts 9 Lady Sennuwy, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1971-1926 BCE, Granodiorite 10 Rock-cut tombs BH 3-5, Beni Hasan, Egypt, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1950 – 1900 BCE.
11 Interior hall of the rock-cut tomb of Amenemhet (tomb BH 2), Beni Hasan, Egypt, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1950–1900 BCE. 12 New Kingdom
13 14 Hyksos Crown
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Temple of Amen-Re Karnak, Egypt ca. 13th century B.C.E. Model of Hypostyle hall Temple of Amen-Re Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E. Hypostyle hall Temple of Amen-Re Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E. TEMPLE OF AMUN AT KARNAK - AVENUE OF DEITIES
20 TEMPLE OF AMUN AT KARNAK –
OBELISK, COLOSSAL STATUES , and PYLONS
21 TEMPLE OF AMUN AT KARNAK
22 23 TEMPLE OF AMUN AT KARNAK: PAPYRUS- BUD COLUMNS- Post and Lintel
24 25 TEMPLE OF AMUN AT KARNAK - COURTYARD
26 Hypostyle Hall
27 28 Hypostyle Hall 29 Sanctuary 30 QUEEN/PHARAOH HATSHEPSUT (1479 – 1458 BCE)
31 Senmut Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut Deir el-Bahri, Egypt ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E. 33
Statue of Hatshepsut Deir el-Bahri, Egypt ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E. limestone 76 3/4 in. high Hatshepsut with offering jars Deir el-Bahri, Egypt ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E. red granite 8 ft. 6 in. high 37 38 Hatshepsut Now
39 New Kingdom block statues sometimes showed a more radical simplification of forms than Old Kingdom statues
40 Semnut with Princess Nefrua from Thebes, Egypt ca. 1470-1460 B.C.E. granite 36 1/2 in. high Semnut with Princess Nefrua from Thebes, Egypt ca. 1470-1460 B.C.E. granite 36 1/2 in. high AKHENATEN (1353 – 1335 BCE)
43 44 45 46 Queen Tiye, 47 SMENKHKARE AND MERITATEN 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 Tutankaten – wait, who is he???
55 Tutankamon (possibly the son of Akhenaten)
Death Mask of Tutankhamen from Thebes, Egypt ca. 1,323 B.C.E. gold with semiprecious stones 21 1/4 in. high
56 Valley of the Kings
57 58 59 HOWARD
CARTER
60 61 Howard Carter and assistant unwrapping the innermost of Tutankhamun's three nested coffins. 62 63 64 65 66 67 Tutankhamun as a child emerging from a lotus flower
68 TREASURES OF KING TUT'S TOMB: DAGGER 69 70 King Tut’s Throne Detail
71 Canopic Shrine
72 CANOPIC SHRINE: SELKIS GUARDING VISCERA
73 74 75 76 CANOPIC SHRINE:
CANOPIC COFFIN
77 NESTLED COFFINS OF KING TUT
78 KING TUT'S
COFFINETTE
79 Innermost Coffin
80 81 82 83 Figure 3-35 Painted chest, from the Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1333–1323 BCE. Wood, 1’ 8” long. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. 84 Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 19 Dynasty, ca. 1290 – 1224 BCE, Sandstone.
Ramses II
87 Temple of Ramses II from Abu Simbel, Egypt ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E. colossi approximately 65 ft. high Temple of Ramses II from Abu Simbel, Egypt ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E. colossi approximately 65 ft. high Temple of Ramses II from Abu Simbel, Egypt ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E. atlantids approximately 32 ft. high Egyptian Painting 92 Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb, Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290-1280, painted papyrus scroll, 1’6” high 93 Hunting Scene, from the tomb of Nebamun
94 Musicians and dancers, from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400–1350 BCE. Fresco on dry plaster, 1’ X 2’ 3”. British Museum, London.
95 Old Kingdom New Kingdom 96 Late Period •Alexander the Great (Greek) established Ptolemaic line. •Romans conquered Greeks Continuity of Ancient Egyptian Art
• Despite some alterations and short deviations (Amarna) from their artistic tradition, why did Egyptians maintain such continuity in their art (statue of Mentuemhet, ca. 650 BCE) and architecture (Temple of Horus, ca. 237 – 47 BCE)?
98 Pylon Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, ca. 237 – 47 BCE. 99 Temple of Horus Edfu, Egypt ca. 237-47 B.C.E. 101 Mentuemhet c. 650 BCE Granite 4’5”
102 Review
103 104 105
106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 Entertainment at a Banquet, Tomb of Nebamun.
c. 1400 B.C. Tempera. 114 Kitchen scene wall painting on stucco over stone. From Western Thebes, Egypt, tomb of Antefoqer, vizier under Amenemhat I. Twelfth Dynasty ca. 1950 B.C.
115 Eye of Horus
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