ART 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Narmer, Nile, Imperial Cult
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Has protection has of the location, on one side is the sea the other side is the desert. Wealthy, gold copper, good stone, easy to farm, prosperoud rich country. Whn egypt becomes unified as one state theyre gonna build their capital- memphis. Memphis- its where upper and lower egypt connect. Palette is an object you use to grinf eye paint- eyeliner. Paint was considered beautiful and helped protect the eyes. Made for a goddess- goddess takes human or animal form. Theme is a military victory, giving thanks to a goddess for success in the military. Narmer is in the process of controlling more and more land rows of bodies (enemies), heads cut off and their heads are put by their feet, shows narmer has been victorious over a lot of ppl. Bull who is trampling someone, hes knocking down a buidling or a wall, walls of a city, conqueringn a city.
