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Period 1Period 1

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Palette of King Narmer

Feature of later Egyptian ArtUnification of

EgyptClay

The Sphynx

Funerary MaskKing Tut’s Mask

Beard represented the time period (1343

BCE)Made of Gold

Earthenware Pottery

Earthenware took pottery’s place (clay)Used for storage jars, grain bins, water and

beer jars, etc.

Clay Pottery

Use of Potter wheelsClay

Hand throwing techniques

Hand Building Techniques

Jars tended to have seals on them

Stone Carvings

Master Stone CarversUse of Bronze Tools

Power of Kings &Religion= major influences of

carvings

God Anubis: God of Death

Yin Yang Symbol

Teachings of Lao-Tzu- Religion

&Philosophy

Terra Cotta Warriors

From Shi-Huang DiTomb discovered in

1970sHollow Ceramic

Painted

Buddha

BuddhismBuddha seated on lotus

throneArrived after collapse of

Han Dynasty

Earthenware Jars

Coarse Grey Earthenware used

during Shang Dynasty (1766-1122

BCE)

Porcelain

Pottery (Porcelain)Geometric DesignsImproved version of

earthenware used duringShang Dynasty

Ancient Egypt Both Ancient China

Influence Conflict, power of kings, trade, victories in war, death/afterlife, rituals, wealth, & military &pol. pressure

Time PeriodReligion

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

AbstractCarving

Glaze, simplicity, brush (Chinese characters)

Uses Ceremonies, afterlife, Fuereary customs

Potter (Pots, storage jars, etc.)Rituals

Outline major momentsWine bucket, mirror, pendants

Form Masks, hieroglyphics, monuments

Pottery, statues, sculpture, paintings

Symbol (Yin-Yang)Calligraphy, drawings

Sources

http://academic. Brooklyn.cuny…. www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/arthistory/

china/htm 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/artisans/pottery.html

http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/ancientchina.asp

Sources

http://www.orientaloutpost.com/ancient_chinese_proverbs_and_philosophy_phrases.php

http://www.ancientegyptianfacts.com/ancient-egyptian-pottery.html