Art and architecture powerpoint

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Monday, February 25, 2013 As soon as you enter the room sit in your assigned seat and begin the warm-up activity below. There should be no talking. Brainstorm as many forms of art that you can think of.

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  • 1. As soon as you enter the roomsit in your assigned seat andbegin the warm-up activitybelow. There should be no talking. Brainstorm as many forms ofart that you can think of.

2. 1.Architecture2.Crafts and Sculpture3.Paintings4.Literature5.Music 3. Religious beliefs, including that of eternal life Tomb building Massive architecture due to the need to have stability inFuncti walls.on 4. Tombs and Temples Thick sloping walls Stone Columns Stone lintels Flat roofs Small openings Covered inhieroglyphs andreligious symbols 5. Stone, particularlylimestone, was usedin large monumentalbuildings Wood was rarely usedbecause there are nonatural resources ofwood in Egypt Sun-dried mud brickswere used in smallbuildings and houses 6. Durable stonestructures havesurvivedthousands ofyears Monumental temples Tombs Pyramids 7. Basic constructionmethod used thepost and lintel No mortar wasused so stoneshad to be cut to fittogether perfectly Ramps allowedworkers to pullstones to the top ofstructures 8. Most had many symbolic elements. There were laws that applied to theuse of symbols and artists wereranked according to their compliancewith those laws. Crafts and sculptures reflectknowledge of human and animalanatomy. 9. Pottery was created using a potters wheel. 10. StatueUshabti Usually used at funerals and inMost important symbols of religion tombs 11. Cosmicsymbols of thesun god, Ra Placed in pairsin front oftemples inorder tomagically 12. Guardiansplaced intemples andbesidepyramids. Served toprotect holybuildings. 13. Most important object in royal tombs.Its purpose was to protect the body. 14. Served as decorationand magicalprotection. Used by all socialclasses. Materials varied fromexpensive gold tocheap clay. 15. Used to coverthe face ofmummies. Masks of theupper classwere madeout of gold. 16. Used a style known as Frontalism 17. WhatinventionPottersallowedWheelpeople tocreatehigherqualitypottery 18. 1. Religious Literature 1. Hymns to the gods 2. Mythology 3. Pyramid Texts 1. Instructions for the process of mummifying thedead 4. Coffin Texts 1. Special spells that would be used in theafterlife 5. The Book of the Dead 1. Tricks and instructions for gaining entranceinto the afterlife 19. oSecular (Non-religious) Literature o Cinderella o Crocodile o Doomed Prince o Journey to the Land of the Dead o Proverbs o Sealed Letter o Turquoise Amulet 20. Music was a very important part ofreligious worship in Egypt. Musicians were professional andplayed in specific places such asin temples, the pharaohs palace,or religious festivals. 21. 1. Percussion Instruments 1. Drums 2. Castanets 3. Bells 4. Sistrum 5. Cymbals2. Wind Instruments 1. Ugab 2. Trumpet 3. Shofar3. Stringed Instruments 1. Kinnor 2. Harp 3. Lute