AHIS 120gp Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Clerestory, Kilt, Imperial Cult
Document Summary
Represents the unification of egypt and the beginning of the country"s growth as a powerful nation-state. Contains the representational conventions that would later dominate egyptian art. On the reverse side, hierarchic scale signals the importance of narmer by showing that he is way larger than the other figures. Like in the stele of naram sin (mesopotamia - akkad period) Narmer against a blank ground, just like naram-sin. No details of setting or story no distraction from his presence. Narmer wears the white crown of upper egypt while striking an enemy. Above the enemy, god horus (falcon with human hand) holds a rope tied around the neck of a man whose head is attached to a papyrus (symbolized lower egypt) Makes it clear that narmer, ruler of upper egypt, is now in control of. Figures in composite poses so that each part of the body is portrayed from its most characteristic viewpoint.
