PROMPT 4. Narrative –
- One of the primary functions of art is its ability to tell stories through a visual medium. How has narrative developed in the Ancient art? What are the different forms that it has taken and what are the devices that have been used?
- Use the attached power point and file to write the essay.
Rubric:
***A fully developed essay (intro, 2 body paragraphs, conclusion). The introduction includes a clear, well-focused thesis or topic sentence. In the body paragraphs, main ideas are clear and are well supported by detailed and accurate information presented in a logical progression. Specific visual and contextual evidence is accurately used to analyze the similarities between the two works. Specific visual and contextual evidence is accurately used to analyze the differences between the two works. The meaning transmitted in the selected works of art is accurately explained. The conclusion is strong. Vocabulary and terminology are used appropriately and correctly. No grammatical or spelling errors***
‘8 Sentence Body Paragraph’ Essay Template (22-sentence)
Introduction ¶(Includes thesis)
Body ¶ #1
Topic Sentence
Concrete Detail #1 (fact) (For example)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concrete Detail #2 (fact )(In addition,)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concluding Sentence (As a result,)
Body ¶ #2
Topic Sentence
Concrete Detail #1 (fact) (For example)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concrete Detail #2 (fact) (In addition,)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This shows that)
Commentary (explain or comment) (This is because)
Concluding Sentence (As a result,)
Conclusion ¶(Includes summary)
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Ancient Aegean Art
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The Ancient (‘Prehistoric’) Aegean
Map 4-1 The prehistoric Aegean.
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The Cycladic Figures
Describe the visual aspects of the Cycladic female and male figures.
Why are these figures popular and highly collectible now?
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Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2500–2300 BCE. Marble, 1’ 6” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Male lyre player, from Keros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2600-2300 BCE. Marble, 9” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Minoan Art and Architecture
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Aerial view (looking northeast) of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1370 BCE.
King Minos and Crete
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Plan of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1400 BCE.
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Bull-leaping, from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Fresco, 2’ 8” high, including border. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Stairwell in the residential quarter of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1370 BCE.
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Minoan woman or goddess (La Parisienne), from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Fragment of a fresco, 10” high. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco), from Room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650-1625 BCE. Fresco, 7’ 6” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Flotilla, detail of Miniature Ships Fresco, from room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650-1625 BCE. Fresco, 1’ 5” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Crocus gatherers, detail of the east wall of room 3 of building Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650–1625 BCE. Fresco, 8’ 1/8” high. Reconstructed in National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1600 BCE. Faience, 1’ 1 1/2” high. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Kamares-ware jar, from Phaistos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1800–1700 BCE. 1’ 8” high. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Marine Style octopus jar, from Palaikastro (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. 11” high. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Steatite, originally with gold leaf, greatest diameter 5”. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Mycenaean Art and Architecture
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Plan of the palace and southern part of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE.
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Aerial view of the citadel (looking east) at Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE.
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Restored view of the megaron, Palace of Nestor, Pylos, ca. 1300 BCE (watercolor by Piet de Jong).
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Corbel-vaulted gallery in the circuit wall of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE.
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Corbeled arch
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Lion Gate (looking east), Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Limestone, relief panel, 9’ 6” high.
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Exterior of the Treasury of Atreus (looking west), Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
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Interior of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
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Aerial view of Grave Circle A, ca. 1600 BCE, and of the wall circuit, ca. 1300–1250 BCE, Mycenae, Greece.
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Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Beaten gold, 1’ high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Bronze, inlaid with gold, silver, and niello, 9” long. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Hunter capturing a bull, drinking cup from Vapheio, near Sparta, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Gold, 3 1/2″ high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Two goddesses(?) and a child, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1400–1250 BCE. Ivory, 2 3/4″ high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Warriors Vase (krater), from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 BCE. 1’ 4” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Ancient Egyptian Art
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Ancient Egypt
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People, boats, and animals, detail of a watercolor copy of a wall painting from tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, ca. 3500–3200 BCE. Paint on plaster, entire painting 16’ 4” X 3’ 7 3/8”. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Predynastic, Early Dynasties, and the Old Kingdom
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Stylistic Conventions of Egyptian Art
Palette of Narmer: a blueprint for a formula for figure representation and other conventions seen in Egyptian art for nearly 3000 years.
Palette of King Narmer (left, back; right, front), from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, ca. 3000–2920 BCE. Slate, 2’ 1” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Early Funerary Architectural Forms
Section (top), plan (center),and restored view (bottom) of typical Egyptian mastaba tombs.
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IMHOTEP, Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Restored view (top) and plan (bottom) of the mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Columnar entrance corridor to the mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Detail of the facade of the north palace of the mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630–2611 BCE.
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Aerial view of the Fourth Dynasty pyramids (looking north), Gizeh, Egypt. From bottom: Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 2490–2472 BCE; Khafre, ca. 2520–2494 BCE; and Khufu, ca. 2551–2528 BCE.
The Pyramids
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Section of the Pyramid of Khufu, Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2551–2528 BCE.
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Model of the pyramid complex, Gizeh, Egypt. Harvard University Semitic Museum, Cambridge. 1) Pyramid of Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) mortuary temple of Khafre, 4) causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) valley temple of Khafre, 7) Pyramid of Khufu, 8) pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles.
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Khafre enthroned, from Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2520–2494 BCE. Diorite, 5’ 6” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Sculptors at work, detail of the south wall of the main hall of the funerary chapel of Rekhmire, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1425 BCE.
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Great Sphinx (with Pyramid of Khafre in the background at left), Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2520–2494 BCE. Sandstone, 65’ X 240’.
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty(?), from Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2490–2472 BCE. Graywacke, 4’ 6 1/2” high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Seated scribe, from Saqqara, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2500 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 9” high. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, relief in the mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, ca. 2450–2350 BCE. Painted limestone, 4’ high.
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Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal, reliefs in the mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, ca. 2450 – 2350 BCE. Painted limestone.
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Middle Kingdom
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Painted sandstone seated statue of Mentuhotep II, 11th Dynasty, c. 2061–2010 BC, Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (looking southwest), Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1473–1458 BCE.
New Kingdom
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Hatshepsut with offering jars, from the upper court of her mortuary temple, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1473–1458 BCE. Red granite, 8’ 6” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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King and queen of Punt and attendants, relief from the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1473–1458 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 3” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Aerial view of the temple of Amen-Re (looking north), Karnak, Egypt, major construction 15th – 13th centuries BCE (Jean Claude Golvin).
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3-24A Aerial view of the temple of Amen-Re, Mut, and Khonsu (looking east), Luxor, Egypt, 18th and 19th Dynasties, begun early 14th century BCE.
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Relief showing the sacred bark procession, in the sanctuary of Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Columns and clerestory of the hypostyle hall of the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290–1224 BCE.
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Model of the hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290 – 1224 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Figure 3-28 Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400–1350 BCE. Fresco secco, 2’ 8” high. British Museum, London.
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Musicians and dancers, detail of a mural from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE. Fresco secco, 1’ x 2’ 3”. British Museum, London.
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Akhenaton, colossal statue from the temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Sandstone, 13’ high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Akhenaton and
the Amarna Period
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters, from Amarna, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Limestone, 1’ 1/4” high. Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.
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Tomb of Ramose, Private Tomb (“Tombs of the Nobles”) at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
18th Dynasty, ca 1375 BCE
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THUTMOSE, bust of Nefertiti, from Amarna, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 8” high. Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.
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Portrait of Tiye, from Ghurab, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353–1335 BCE. Yew wood, gold, silver, alabaster, faience, and lapis lazuli, 8 7/8” high. Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin.
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Figure 3-35 Death mask of Tutankhamen, from the innermost coffin in his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones, 1’ 9 1/4” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
King Tut
reverts back to the earlier conventions
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Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen, from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones, 6’ 1” long. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Throne with footstool, from the Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1333–1323 BCE. Gold with enamel
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Painted chest, from the Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1333–1323 BCE. Wood, 1’ 8” long. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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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)?
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Portrait statue of Mentuemhet, from Karnak, Egypt, 26th Dynasty, ca. 660–650 BCE. Granite, 4’ 5” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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2490–2472 BCE
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Relief showing the sacred bark procession, in the sanctuary of Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Fragment from bark shrine of Philip Arrhidaeus at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
Purification and Crowning of the king by Thoth & Horus, at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt
Macedonian Dynasty, reign of Philip, 332–316 B.C.
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Temple of Horus (looking east), Edfu, Egypt, ca. 237 – 47 BCE.
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