ART 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Narmer, Historical Document, Prince Rahotep
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Imhotep- first architect whose name has been recorded in history. Egyptians put their dead in tombs so they could have houses in the afterlife. Marked by stone masons with red ink. Blocks of stone were floated in the river during seasonal floods. Used no cement, instead relied on the weight of the stones. Corners are oriented north, south, east & west (aka specific orientation) Ratio of the width of the base to the height - 11:7. Inside, there are corridors that lead to the burial chamber. Basically advertisements of treasure contained within-- got plundered a lot. Walls covered with brightly-painted, low relief paintings. The god amen and his wife, the goddess of heaven (mut) were the parents of khonsu. Built mostly in the 14th & 13th centuries bc. The actual temple is a small room. Temple of rameses ii at abu simbel. This temple was relocated in 1968 to avoid flooding the temples when the.
