Identify the Ruler Below... What Civilization?

Senusret- from the middle kingdom
identify one piece of art from Egypt that has not been talked about and identify one artistic convention and one main theme.
Answers May Vary
The image below is most likely a tomb from which time period?Describe it...
Middle Kingdom
post and lintel
more hidden from tomb robbers
How did geography protect them?
The desert acted as a natural barrier from invasion
and so did the Med and Red sea
what was different about the way that Akhenaten was portrayed?
long, skinny
big belly
high waist, large hips
how were kings viewed?
As gods in human form.
Describe an artistic conventions that have to do with the stance of a person in art...
Composite Pose: everything in profile besides the profile but the eye and torso in frontal

What were temples made for? what inspired the decoration on the temples?
to please the gods
what was around them
Floods...
made silt: rich soil
Give Katie A compliment
only nice things
Who were the Pyramids of Giza built for?
Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure
The image below represents which event?
The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
State propaganda of new kingdom building...
Expenive buildings- WEALTHY
Importance of Nile...
since there was no roads because it was a desert they used the nile for transportation
it also was their major water source
what is different about this art?
shows a casual loving scene
What were found in Pharaohs tombs?
Figures of people doing things that they wanted in the afterlife.
Example: butcher- always have meat in the afterlife
Name three artistic conventions from the Funerary stele for Amenemhat
Answers may vary...
female/male: skin color
women: tight dress- fertility
women: breast exposed- maternity
Identify who's temple this is- identify the time period, accomplishments, anything that made this pharaohs reign unique.
Hatshepsut- Female Pharaoh- new kingdom
liked to be portrayed as a man
answers may vary...
example: she was big in trade- trees from all over
Identify Upper and Lower Egypt...
what kind of resources in each

upper
expensive resources (gold)
lower
building materials (stones)
Jeffery Allen Stute is a dork
True or false?

false he is cool
Give a modern example of the difference between people depicted for old kingdom vs middle kingdom...
answers may vary
example: justin bieber (old)- billy joel (middle)
What is the difference of the Seated Scribe from Menkaure?
seated scribe - menkaure
sitting - standing
cubby - fit
not as healthy- healthier
common - important
explain the evolution of pyramids...
Mastaba- bench looking- flat top, one story, slanted walls, underground chamber
show weath/importance
Step Pyramid: Imhotep
Flat Sided Pyramid:
great pyramids of giza
During the New Kingdom , the center of power shifted. Point out the new center of power on the map below:
ask Katie she defiantly knows
Describe Menkaure and Queen stance..
Left foot forward leading the people
stiff
love
women almost as tall and man
women has foot almost as far as man