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| From Egypt, a Wall Carving |
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| cobra head piece: sacred symbol of the Egyptians for eternal life |
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| Not carved but painted on the surface |
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| Golden oval, royal, identifies a person, signifies a person of great importance: a cartouche |
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bodies in profile, Upper half of body from waist straight on, head in profile.
Hadn't learned depth perception yet, easier to show movement with legs in profile.
Eye always straight on to show people "I can see everything you're doing"
Egyptians came up with twisted profile technique |
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| Egypt's most important Pharaoh |
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| Only tomb where all the tomb treasurers were found intact |
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| Young tut as royal prince, stylized eyes |
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| Why king tut's tomb wasn't stolen from |
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| because tut's death was unexpected, they forgot about him and focused on Rameses (building rameses tomb at the same time) |
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egyptian chest for storage,
could look almost contemporary if motif taken away |
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Primer, filler coat, fills any porosity. White coating.
Primer, glue, pigment, urine (animal/human), water, and coat. |
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| Pounded out 24K tissue paper. Gold is a soft metal |
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When you apply gold leaf to something, burnish it, polish it.
Can also do silver gilt. |
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| Most used animal legs for egyptian furniture |
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Lion legs/ lion paw feet.
Raised up a little on a shoe because chair is most used item in the home. |
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| Lion found in Tut's tomb. Glass eye, gold. Idea was that it would come to life and protect Tut's tomb if broken into |
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X base, Pharaoh sat here. Elegant materials: black ebony wood, ivory, gold.
Where the modern day barcelona chair came from |
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| Armchair (throne). Tut sat in armchair from young age to be taught that he'd grow up to be important |
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| Most royal/elegant Combination |
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stepped/multi-level temple. Each tier dedicated to different diety. Temple at the top.
built to reflect native land as conquering increased and people moved, land became flatter so they made stepped temples |
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Stair step effect on top of structure
Stepped decorative element reflecting ziggurat on top of wall/gate |
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| newer material used, better |
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| Crenellation at the top of Ishtar gate (sun goddess, found in almost pristine condition and moved to a museum) |
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| Only for gateways or doorways. |
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| Who came up with idea of round arch? |
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| Additions that Mesopotamians brought to design |
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Huge, large-scale carvings.
Human wing, lion or ox foot.
Guardians, used to scare away.
They thought if anyone came to attack, these would come to life.
Were put at entries and gates. 5 legs. |
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