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Ancient Egyptian Art 2 New Kingdom

By Andres L.
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1070 BCE

    Egypt New Kingdom Art 2

  • Thutmose, Model Bust of Queen Nefertiti, (c. 1340 BCE), limestone and plaster, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, Amarna Period (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection/Neues Museum, Berlin)
    1340 BCE

    Thutmose, Model Bust of Queen Nefertiti, (c. 1340 BCE), limestone and plaster, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, Amarna Period (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection/Neues Museum, Berlin)

    In 2009, the refurbished Neues Museum in Berlin had celebrated on its reopening with the bust of Nefertiti and prominently displays as one of the main attractions. The celebration coincided with one of the Egyptian government's that had repeated pleas for the official return of the bust of Egypt.
  • Tutankhamun's Throne from Thebes (c. 1333-1324 B.C.E.) New Kingdom
    1333 BCE

    Tutankhamun's Throne from Thebes (c. 1333-1324 B.C.E.) New Kingdom

    This the throne that is called in the Egyptians "hieroglyphs", it was named after the mother goddess Isis, she was usually depicted bearing a throne on her head, which was a sign of characteristic emblem. The throne also wasn't only meant to link between the worlds of Gods and the people, but it was also majesty, stability, safety and balance, since kings were considered as gods on earth.
  • Sarcophagi & Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun (1333-1323 B.C.E.), New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty Gold, Lapis lazuki, carnelian, quartz, obsidian, turquoise, colored glass Height: 54 cm; width: 39.3 cm; weight: 11kg Egyptian Museum, Cario
    1333 BCE

    Sarcophagi & Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun (1333-1323 B.C.E.), New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty Gold, Lapis lazuki, carnelian, quartz, obsidian, turquoise, colored glass Height: 54 cm; width: 39.3 cm; weight: 11kg Egyptian Museum, Cario

    This is Tutankhamun, he was only age nine when he became the leader of the Egypt, which was during the 18th dynasty if New Kingdom. Stories about Tutankhamun would've been lost if it weren't for the people who have discovered his tomb back in 1922, by a search of archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the kings. His tomb was nearly intact which was very surprising.
  • Page from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, (c. 1275 B.C.E.) (19th Dynasty), painted papyrus, 40 x 87.5 cm (Thebes, Egypt, © The Trustees of the British Museum, London)
    1275 BCE

    Page from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, (c. 1275 B.C.E.) (19th Dynasty), painted papyrus, 40 x 87.5 cm (Thebes, Egypt, © The Trustees of the British Museum, London)

    This scene was referred as the "Judgement", in the scene you can see Anubis supervising the judgement scales, You can see Hunefer's Heart being, which is represented to be a pot is scaled in with a feather, in which it determines if thus represented good or bad in the aspects of the persons life. Ancient Egyptians had believe that the heart was a seat of emotions. If the heart did not balance with the feather then it means that the dead person was consumption to the devourer, which is the beast.
  • A relief of Ramesses II from Memphis showing him capturing enemies: a Nubian, a Libyan and a Syrian, c. 1250 BCE Cairo Museum
    1250 BCE

    A relief of Ramesses II from Memphis showing him capturing enemies: a Nubian, a Libyan and a Syrian, c. 1250 BCE Cairo Museum

    Ramesses the great is shown, holding on his left hand, which are three prisoners, Ramesses is grabbing them by their hair while his right hand is holding an axe, which is he is about to strike them with the axe, the hairstyle and the beards are the enemies that indicates where they belong to three different people, the Nubians, Libyans and the Syrians.