The Art of the Ancient Egyptians
Prehistory (up to ca. 3100 B.C.)
The Archaic Period (ca. 3100–2650 B.C.)
The Old Kingdom (ca. 2650–2150 B.C.)
The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2040–1640 B.C.)
The New Kingdom (ca. 1550–1070 B.C.)
The Late Period (ca. 712–332 B.C.)
Ptolemaic (Hellenistic) and Roman Egypt (332 B.C.–A.D. 395)
The structure of Egyptian society
and conventional depiction
of main categories
of people
The scribe
Saqqara pyramids
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian gods
Pharaoh making offering to a god
Colossal Seated Statue of a Pharaoh
Period: Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1919–1878 B.C.
Geography:
From Egypt; Probably from Eastern Delta, Tanis (San el-Hagar)
Medium: Granodiorite
Dimensions: H. 320 cm; W. 110.5 cm; D. 209 cm
Stela of the Gatekeeper Maati
Period: Dynasty 11, ca. 2051–2030 B.C.
Medium: limestone
Dimensions: L: 59 cm, H: 36.3 cm, D: 8 cm
Conventional
gestures
Preparatory drawings
for proportion keeping
Seated Statue of Hatshepsut
Period: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: limestone
Dimensions: H. 195 cm; W. 49 cm; D. 114 cm
The desire for naturalism
The desire for naturalism
Depicting the human body
The Amarna Period (1353–1336 B.C.)
Akhenathen and his family
Head from a Statue with Magical Texts
Period: Late Period, Dynasty 30, probably 360–343 B.C.
Medium: Basalt
Dimensions: H. 21.2 cm; W. 14.5 cm; D. 11.5 cm
Antelope Head
Period: Late Period, Dynasty 27, 525–404 B.C.
Medium: Greywacke, travertine (Egyptian alabaster), agate
Dimensions: h. 9 cm; w. 15 cm
A new step towards naturalism
Ritual Figure
Period: Late Period or Early Ptolemaic Period,
Dynasty 30, 380–246 B.C.
Medium: Wood, formerly clad with lead sheet
Dimensions: H. 21 cm; W. 14.3 cm; D. 11 cm
Statue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VII
Period: Ptolemaic Period, 200–30 B.C.
Medium: Dolomitic limestone
Dimensions: H. 62.5 × W. 22 × D. 15 cm, 23 kg
Stone working: reliefs
Wood sculpture
Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: h. 17 cm; w. 12.5 cm
The use of colours
Painting
Metalworking
Jewellery
Fayence
Turquoise
Pottery