Transcript The Art of Ancient Egypt and China

Melissa Daly
Period 1
WHAP
Palette of King Narmer
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Feature of later
Egyptian Art
Unification of Egypt
Clay
The Sphynx
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Funerary Mask
King Tut’s Mask
Beard represented the time
period (1343 BCE)
Made of Gold
Earthenware Pottery
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Earthenware took pottery’s
place (clay)
Used for storage jars, grain
bins, water and beer jars, etc.
Clay Pottery
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Use of Potter wheels
Clay
Hand throwing techniques
Hand Building Techniques
Jars tended to have seals on
them
Stone Carvings
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Master Stone Carvers
Use of Bronze Tools
Power of Kings &Religion
= major influences of carvings
God Anubis: God of Death
Yin Yang Symbol
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Teachings of Lao-Tzu
- Religion &Philosophy
Terra Cotta Warriors
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From Shi-Huang Di
Tomb discovered in 1970s
Hollow Ceramic
Painted
Buddha
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Buddhism
Buddha seated on lotus throne
Arrived after collapse of Han
Dynasty
Earthenware Jars
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Coarse Grey Earthenware
used during Shang
Dynasty (1766-1122 BCE)
Porcelain
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Pottery (Porcelain)
Geometric Designs
Improved version of
earthenware used during
Shang Dynasty
Ancient Egypt
Both
Ancient China
Influence
Conflict, power of kings,
trade, victories in war,
death/afterlife, rituals,
wealth, & military &pol.
pressure
Time Period
Religion
Confucianism, Buddhism,
Daoism, Nature (Birds,
landscapes, weather, etc.)
supernatural beliefs,
philosophy
Medium
Papyrus Plants,
(stiffened) linen, paint
Stone, clay,
earthware, and
metal (gold &
bronze)
Terra-Cotta, laquerware,
ivory, monochrome glazes,
wood
Technique
Potter wheels, throwing,
hand building, angle of
vision, symbolism
Abstract
Carving
Glaze, simplicity, brush
(Chinese characters)
Uses
Ceremonies, afterlife,
Fuereary customs
Potter (Pots,
storage jars, etc.)
Rituals
Outline major moments
Wine bucket, mirror,
pendants
Form
Masks, hieroglyphics,
monuments
Pottery, statues,
sculpture,
paintings
Symbol (Yin-Yang)
Calligraphy, drawings
Sources
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 http://academic. Brooklyn.cuny….
 www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/arthistory/china/ht
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 http://www.alamo.edu....
 History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from the
dawn of History to the Present Day- Second Edition by H.W.
Janson
 http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/artisan
s/pottery.html
 http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/ancientchina.as
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Sources

 http://www.orientaloutpost.com/ancient_chinese_proverbs
_and_philosophy_phrases.php
 http://www.ancientegyptianfacts.com/ancient-egyptianpottery.html