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Predynastic Art (5000-3000 B.C.E) was characterized by its use of stone, clay, wood, and flint. The emergence of the Predynastic period is characterized by its distinctive artistic conventions, known for cosmetic palettes, functional pottery vessels, and small figurines. These artifacts depict the natural world of human activities, as well as interactions with animals, telling stories of hunting. They are also related to personal display and social life, expressing ideas, beliefs, and rituals.
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(3500-3200B.C.E) The Predynastic's Early Cosmology and Funerary practices of the Nile River. Buff color marl clay painted with brownish-red pigment. Show a long, narrow boat with various banks of cabins or shrines and many wavy lines below the boat. On the left, a figure of a woman in a dance-like posture next to two male figures. right, a flamingo-like figure on a hill with trees. Associated rituals or social events with the cycle of fertility, rebirth, and journey to the afterlife. -
(3100.B.C.E) Adoption of foreign to project royal power carved from slatestone. Two felines with long snake-like necks encircle a gazelle run outer of circles in the center, plus on necks of felines, and one is being attacked. At the top of both sides of the palette, a pair of dogs, with one on the right side of the dog's head missing, two hounds at the bottom attacking ibexes. Represent order and control power of the human and wildness, as the king's ability to control and organize the world. -
The Old Kingdom (2649-2150 B.C.E) was characterized by its use of stone, wood, metals, and pigment. The emergence of old kingdom art is known for its foundational style of egyptain art depicting idealized aspects of royalty to legitimize a divine role. It also involves observation of musculature and body movement to create realistic figures, which are designed with a symmetrical central axis and presented facing the viewer.
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(2620-2500 B.C.E) Ancient Egyptian realism and exceptional lifelike craftsmanship. Crafted from painted limestone. Depicted a male figure wearing a white kilt stretched over his knee in a cross-legged seated position, with hands poised to write, holding a half-rolled scroll, and his eyes made from red veined white magnesite and polished rock crystal give it a life-like gaze. Symbolizing the identity and importance of the social hierarchy could influence the interpretation of law and ruling. -
(2490-2472 B.C.E) the canonical artistic conventions and cultural idea. carved from greywecks male and female standing side by side each other with male figure left foot forward as female figure holding arm and waist embracing. The male was wearing nenes headdress, a postich and shendyt kilt, while female wear a tight fitting sheath dress and a wig. symbolizing the share power and destiny of both the king and the queen an idealized image of the pharaoh as powerful and divine ruler. -
The middle kingdom (2030- 1640 B.C.E) was characterized by its use of stone, wood, metals, and pigment. The emergence of the middle kingdom is known for its humanized and emotionally expressive pharaonic portraiture, which shows signs of aging or individual personality through facial features and body language. Applying care into the part of the object that wasn't easily visible.
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(1961-1878 B.C.E) The ambivalent duality of chaos and regeneration in egpytain belief. Molded from faience, the statuette, with a distinctively blue-green color, stands calmly, its rounded body decorated with black colored line drawings of a river plant flora and fauna, a stout and simple legs. symbolizing the promise of rebirth or chaos, neutralize the animal's destructive power in the afterlife. It is also seen that the force needs to be controlled to protect pregnant women and children. -
(1874- 1855 B.C.E) stylistic shift in egyptian art from idealized youthful to more realistic and human portrayal. Sculpted from granite. It's a male figure wears a nemes headress and pleated kilt with a tired facial expression, characterized by heavy-lidded eyes and furrowed lines around the mouth, as well as large ears. While the figure's body is youthful and muscular, in contrast to his head. Represent both tradition and contemporary transformation in carrying responsibilities of leadership. -
New Kingdom art (1550-1070 B.C.E) was characterized by its use of stone, wood, pigment, and ceramics The emergence of the New kingdom is known for its commissioning gigantic structures and statue especially temple. plus detailed vivid painted and reliefs carving of illustrating religious texts and journey into the afterlife, major shift architectural innovation from the pyramid to elaborate rock cut tombs carved into into rock face toward naturalism and realism to depict the royal and subjects.
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(1479-1458 B.C.E) the complex blend of traditional Egyptian pharaonic iconography craved from red granite. it show female figure in male attire of pharaoh that wearing a shendyt kilt skirts, nemes headcloth at top head, and a false beard. figure depicts in kneeling posture holding two circler jugs. Representation of the pharaoh to reinforce divine and stability during her reign also to establish the tradition of pharaonic authority and try overcome gender-base resistance to female ruler. -
(1352-1336 B.C.E ) High statue and religious significance of the queen. Craved from travertine it depicted a women with a slender nose, inlays of blue glass and obsidian almond shaped eyes and eyebrows with full sensuous mouth. Give a youthful appeared plus wearing a Nubian style wig distinct hairstyle of overlapping curls plus visible in center of the forehead carved uraeus tail over the top the wig. symbolized royal protection and divine power as the queen on lid to identify her for eternity. -
(1350 B.C.E) social status and idea visions of the afterlife painted from plaster and pigments. four women seated down with two of them looking at the viewer and one play the double flute. wearing linen pleated gown with broad collars. have long braided wigs that sometimes adorned lotus blossoms under it are white headbands. also adorned with large earring, bracelets on their arm and finger ring. symbolize the entertainment to soothe the soul and bring harmony in aid communication with the gods. -
(1340 B.C.E) dramatic style change and the new ideal of beauty carved from limestone it depicted a women narrow face with a long nose and high cheekbone. she have well defined lips and large almond- shaped eyes on right inlaid with crystal and wax pupil while left is unadorned and incomplete having a long and slender neck gives it realistic quality. wear a tall and flat-topped blue crown with golden diadem banded and broken uraeus on the bow. Symbolize the strength and grace of feminine beauty. -
1336-1327 B.C.E, shift in artistic style after Amarna period Craved from limestone it depicted a boy with large almond- shaped eyes and high cheekbone. having distinct smile of bow-sharped upper mouth, and with a missing nose. also have pierced holes at ears. he wearing a traditional nemes headdress with the rearing uraeus. symbolize of the rebirth and eternal life of highlight the king's youthful beauty stylistic change the previous period and divine right to rule and his connection to gods.