Palette Of Narmer Analysis
Jeffrey Hinkle
1. The work of art that I will be writing about is called “The Palette of Narmer,” and it is located on page 52 in our text. Likewise, the medium used in this work of art is siltstone, the name of the artist is unknown, and the size of this work of art is 64 cm x 42 cm. Furthermore, this work of art was found in Egypt and it is currently located in the Egyptian Museum. Lastly, this work of art was discovered in the years of 1897 to 1898, while it is dated back to the 31st century BC.
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I picked this work of art to talk about because it is very beautiful and extravagant to me. Truly, I have always been interested in the Egyptian culture, so the Palette of Narmer is great because there are tons of detail. The first thing that stands out right away are the human and animal figures that have a great amount of detail to make them look 3-dimensional. Likewise, this work of art is very fitting for this quarter because it shows a sign of power in the form of Narmer being adorned and bowed down to by other people, and by having mystical animals that look like an ox, and long necked lions. Also, the falcon that is shown has a human arm, and after further research I was able to find out that this animal represents the God Horus, which helps to represent a …show more content…
The meaning of “The Palette of Narmer” is very clear in that there is a military and holy theme throughout the palette because King Narmer is constantly shown as conquering his foes. Likewise, there is no proof or any possible way to prove that these things actually happened, so it is believed that this palette was most likely created for ritual or honoring purposes. Therefore, the meaning of this work of art is most likely the honoring of King Narmer for winning and conquering over any enemies that he had, and this palette does so by painting a god-like photo of the king.
1. The work of art that I will be writing about is called “The Palette of Narmer,” and it is located on page 52 in our text. Likewise, the medium used in this work of art is siltstone, the name of the artist is unknown, and the size of this work of art is 64 cm x 42 cm. Furthermore, this work of art was found in Egypt and it is currently located in the Egyptian Museum. Lastly, this work of art was discovered in the years of 1897 to 1898, while it is dated back to the 31st century BC.
2.
I picked this work of art to talk about because it is very beautiful and extravagant to me. Truly, I have always been interested in the Egyptian culture, so the Palette of Narmer is great because there are tons of detail. The first thing that stands out right away are the human and animal figures that have a great amount of detail to make them look 3-dimensional. Likewise, this work of art is very fitting for this quarter because it shows a sign of power in the form of Narmer being adorned and bowed down to by other people, and by having mystical animals that look like an ox, and long necked lions. Also, the falcon that is shown has a human arm, and after further research I was able to find out that this animal represents the God Horus, which helps to represent a …show more content…
The meaning of “The Palette of Narmer” is very clear in that there is a military and holy theme throughout the palette because King Narmer is constantly shown as conquering his foes. Likewise, there is no proof or any possible way to prove that these things actually happened, so it is believed that this palette was most likely created for ritual or honoring purposes. Therefore, the meaning of this work of art is most likely the honoring of King Narmer for winning and conquering over any enemies that he had, and this palette does so by painting a god-like photo of the king.