Egyptian Art Research Paper
Humanities Assignment
Works of Art from Ancient Cultures
The Smithsonian Institution Freer/ Sackler Gallery: Ancient Egyptian Art Head of a Pharaoh (2675 – 2130 BC) Made of stone and copper Here I found many interesting pieces of art work that really caught my eye. The first piece I found interesting pieces of art work that was called “Head of a Pharaoh,” the headgear and moustache helped to identify the figure as being an Egyptians pharaoh. There was a tall crown with a rounded top, known as the “white crown,” this very type of crown signified ruling over southern Egypt.
It is displayed in a museum case, it’s being broken at the neck, making obvious that the head once belonged to a full, more than likely standing statue. Long ago in Ancient Egypt, statues of this kind were placed within tombs to serve as eternal images of the deceased. The great sculptors of this period sought to transport the pharaoh’s divine character while at the same time experimenting with the everyday realistic features of the human face and body. The original …show more content…
Many small gold figures bearing loops did survive from Iran, Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Egypt, calling for the word widespread of their use. Other Hittite objects similar to these small figurines were smaller versions of Hittite gods. This figure here, was cast in gold using the lost-wax process, is of a seated goddess in a long gown, with large eyes and a thin mouth with small creases at each side of her mouth. She is wearing simple looped earrings and a necklace. Her headdress probably represents the sun goddess, Arinna, a Hittite divinity. A loop for a necklace to suspend the figure around one’s neck is coming from the back of the headdress. On the goddess lap there sits a naked child which is cast separately in solid gold and then attached to the piece. The chair where they are seated is backless and has lion
Works of Art from Ancient Cultures
The Smithsonian Institution Freer/ Sackler Gallery: Ancient Egyptian Art Head of a Pharaoh (2675 – 2130 BC) Made of stone and copper Here I found many interesting pieces of art work that really caught my eye. The first piece I found interesting pieces of art work that was called “Head of a Pharaoh,” the headgear and moustache helped to identify the figure as being an Egyptians pharaoh. There was a tall crown with a rounded top, known as the “white crown,” this very type of crown signified ruling over southern Egypt.
It is displayed in a museum case, it’s being broken at the neck, making obvious that the head once belonged to a full, more than likely standing statue. Long ago in Ancient Egypt, statues of this kind were placed within tombs to serve as eternal images of the deceased. The great sculptors of this period sought to transport the pharaoh’s divine character while at the same time experimenting with the everyday realistic features of the human face and body. The original …show more content…
Many small gold figures bearing loops did survive from Iran, Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Egypt, calling for the word widespread of their use. Other Hittite objects similar to these small figurines were smaller versions of Hittite gods. This figure here, was cast in gold using the lost-wax process, is of a seated goddess in a long gown, with large eyes and a thin mouth with small creases at each side of her mouth. She is wearing simple looped earrings and a necklace. Her headdress probably represents the sun goddess, Arinna, a Hittite divinity. A loop for a necklace to suspend the figure around one’s neck is coming from the back of the headdress. On the goddess lap there sits a naked child which is cast separately in solid gold and then attached to the piece. The chair where they are seated is backless and has lion