Readings

Stokstad, Chapter 3, p. 48-80.

Ricard, The Palette Of King Narmer: An Exhaustive Study (Try not to laugh!!!)

Maps

Chapter 3 – Map of Egypt

Presentations

CH 3 – Art of Ancient Egypt Old Kigdom

CH 3 – Art of Ancient Egypt Middle Kingdom

CH 3 – Art of Ancient Egypt New Kingdom

Materials and Handouts

Objectives for Chapter 3 Art of Ancient Egypt

Study Guide for Chapter 3 Art of Ancient Egypt

Outline Old Kingdom Presentation

Outline Middle Kingdom Presentation

Outline New Kingdom Presentation

Links

Egyptian Art at the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art

Egyptian Art and Culture (The British Museum)

Explore Egypt (The British Museum)

Egyptian Collection at Brooklyn Museum of Art

How Art Made the World – Egyptian Conventions for Representing the Human Body

Questions to Consider

1. Why is there a pre-dynastic and an early dynastic period to Egyptian history? What characteristics make this distinction?
2. Why is the southern portion of Egypt referred to as the “upper” kingdom and the northern portion is the “lower” kingdom?
3. Identify who Imhotep was and what distinguished him.
4. Compare and contrast the step pyramid of Saqqara with the ziggarats found in Mesopotamia.
5. How did the Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife lead to the creation of the tombs and funerary complexes?
6. What was the major stabilizing force in Egyptian life?
7. What are the characteristics that separate the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom?

Films