ARTH 1955 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Art Of Ancient Egypt, Mortuary Temple Of Hatshepsut, Hatshepsut
6 Oct 2015
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Temple of hatshepsut, architect senmut, c. 1473 1458 bce: terraces built into cliff face, mortuary temple, brand new burial system in new kingdom shift away from pyramids (too many looters, valley of kings west of thebes, burials and mortuary temples now separated, merges into landscape, horizontals/verticals, color of material, permanence, placed order on the chaos of nature, would have been decorated with trees, many sphinxes and statues (200) of hatshepsut, carved reliefs all over temple, tutmosis iii tried to erase her rule, smashed statues. Bust of nefertiti, by thutmose, from amarna, painted plaster limestone, c. 1353 1335 bce: akhenaton"s wife, limestone core with plaster, painted, standard of beauty elegance, long curved neck, contours, heavy (heavy flower bud on thin stalk) over crown. Temple of ramses ii, abu simbel, sandstone, c. 1290 1224 bce exterior and interior views: king tut takes over after akhenaton, then ramses ii, near nubia, cut into rock face, mortuary temple, more statues inside.
