RICE UNIVERSITY
Department of Art and Art History
Fall Semester 1998

HART 205. Introduction to the History of Art

Lecture 6 (September 16, 1998).Egyptian Art II
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THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan c, 2000-1900 B.C.

 

THE NEW KINGDOM

Senmut, Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut amd Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, Deir-el-Bahir, c. 1490-1460 B.C.

Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel (now relocated), c. 1275-1225 B.C.

Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, c. 1275-1225 B.C.

Temples at Luxor (Amen-Mut-Khonsu,, Ramses II, Amenhotep), c. 1390-1225 B.C.; pylon of Horus, Edfu, c. 235 B.C.

Senmut with Princess Nefrua, Thebes, c. 1490-1460 B.C.

Fowling Scene, tomb of Nehamun, Thebes, c. 1400-1350 B.C.

Musicians and Dancers, tomb of Nebamun, Thebes,

 

AKHENATON AND THE AMARNA PERIOD

Akhenaton, pillar statue from the Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, c. 1355-1335 B.C.

King Smenkhkare and Meritaten, fromn Tell el-Amarna, c. 1335 B.C.

 

TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN AND THE POST AMARNA PERIOD

Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen, from at Thebes, c. 1325 B.C.

Death mask of Tutankhamen, from his innermost coffin,

Painted chest from tomb of Tutankhamen, c. 1325 B.C.

 


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