AP Art History

Chapter 3 * Art of Ancient Egypt

Study Guide

Terms	People
pictographs hieratic scale papyrus Old Kingdom Egyptian symbols (p.96) groundline canon of proportions ka mastaba veneer serdab sarcophagus necropolis ziggurats Elements of Architecture (p.102) Middle Kingdom rock-cut tombs stele heiroglyphics cartouche New Kingdom hypostyle halls pylons clerestory axial plan sunken relief encaustic	Djoser Imhotep Khufre Khafre Menkaure Senwosret Hapshepsut Senenmut Ramsesses II Nefertari Akhenaten Nefertiti Tutankhamun Howard Carter

Historical Evidence

Who was Menes and what is his significance to Egyptian History?

How has the long expanse of Egyptian history been organized or grouped by Egyptologists?

Discuss the significance of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb to Egyptian archaeology?

Interpretation and Meaning

What was the function of "Ka"-statues?

What was the possible meaning of the Sphinx?

Style

Using the Palette of Narmer as an example, describe the Egyptian canon of proportion for figural representations?

Describe the Armana style found during the New Kingdom. How does this style differ from earlier periods?

Compare and Discuss (Create an outline response for each of the following)

Trace the development of funerary architecture during the Old Kingdom from the mastaba to the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara to the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Compare and contrast the statue of Khafre with the statue of Senwosret III.

Discuss the Temple of Hatshepsut and how it is different in for and function from Old Kingdom architecture.

Compare the relief of Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt with the relief of Akhenaten and His Family.

Describe the major elements found in the Temple Complexes at Karnak and Luxor during the New Kingdom.