Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and family
What was the form (shape styles)?
Made of limestone, changes from rectilinear to curvilinear
What was the form of King Tut's sarcophagus?
Gold and semiprecious stones
What kinds of columns did the Athenian Agora have?
Doric columns
What was the form of the Anavysos Kouros?
Made of marble with paint in hair
What was the form of Peplos kore?
Made of marble with bright traces of paint
Describe Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and family
Akhenaten holds oldest daughter lovingly while Nefertiti has one daughter sitting on her lap and the other playing with her earring (elongated forms)
Describe King Tut's sarcophagus
King is shown in the afterlife with a crook and flail (symbolizes kings right to rule) with two goddesses
Describe the Athenian Agora
Agora was connected to the Acropolis and the Parthenon complex by the processional way and the propylaea (ceremonial staircase that enters the heavens)
Describe the Anavysos Kouros
Sculpture of idealized male youth (stiff, traditional braiding, Archaic smile)
Clothed female figure wearing a peplos (rectangle cloth pinned at shoulders) and has an Archaic smile
What was the purpose of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and family?
Altar displayed in someone's home
What was the purpose of King Tut's sarcophagus?
Protected King in the afterlife
What the purpose of the Athenian Agora?
Place of government and administration, honored Athena once a year
What was the purpose of Anavysos Kouros?
Grave markers
What was the purpose of Peplos Kore?
Offering to Athena brought by men
What god does this art worship?
Sun god Aten
What new period was this in?
New Kingdom Period
Where was this located?
Top of the Acropolis in Athens
Incising
Where was this found?
In the Acropolis in Greece