1. ANCIENT ART HISTORY SURVEY: Weeks 4 and 5
NEXT WEEK: We will review for the First Exam in the second half of class. First
Exam is the week after.
ONLINE REVIEWS IN PPT. FORMAT ARE AVAILABLE ON BLACKBOARD.
THESE ARE BRIEF REVIEWS OF SOME OF OUR CLASS DISCUSSION WHICH
MIGHT HELP YOU IN STUYDING. AGAIN, THESE ARE BRIEF REVIEWS,
THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MISSED
CLASSES.
Names and terms: Mastaba, Step Pyramid (Saqqara), Djoser (also spelled “Zoser”),
Imhotep, Saqqara, Ben Ben Stone, necropolis, cenotaph, intentional archaism, Sed
Festival (Heb Sed/Jubilee), Great Pyramids at Giza (Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure), sphinx
(“Great Sphinx”/Giza), capstone, limestone casing blocks, solar barque, Valley of the
Kings, Howard Carter, scarab, Valley of the Queens, Nefertari, Ramesses II (Ramses,
“The Great”), Deir al Medina, Hierakonpolis, pylon, hypostyle hall, Edfu (Horus,
Ptolomies), Abydos (Osiris), Luxor and Karnak (Thebes), obelisk, sunken relief, Battle of
Kadesh, Ramesseum, Abu Simbel, Nubians, sanctuary (Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, Ra),
Aswan Dam, Lake Nasser, Temple of Nefertari (Hathor), Hatshepsut, Tuthmose
(Tuthmosis) I-III, Ahmose, Senmut (Senenmut), Nofret (Nefrua), Deir al Bahri (Deir el
Bahari), Akhenaten, Amenophis (Amenhotep) III-IV, Tiy, the Aten, Akhetaten (Amarna;
Amarna Period), Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Horemheb
Possible essay questions:
----Who were Djoser and Imhotep? What were some of the important innovations at the
Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara?
--What was the political intent behind Ramesses II building a great temple at Abu
Simbel, and what was the astrological orientation of this temple? Discuss the attempt to
preserve the temple in the 1960s.
--How was Egyptian art different or untraditional during the reigns of Hatshepsut and
Akhenaten? To what were the deviations attributable?
Images from text:
Step Pyramid of King Djoser, c.2600 BC, page 44 and detail on page 45
The Great Pyramids and Sphinx, c.2500 BC, pages 45, 47
Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, c.1250, page 55
Hatshepsut Temple and Portrait as King, c.1460, pages 53, 54
Akhenaten/Akhenaten, Nefertiti and daughters, c.1350, pages 59, 61