Art history review name of the era

2. APPROXIMATE DATES INVOLVED: 3500 B.C. to 30 B.C.

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   NAME OF PREVIOUS ERA: Ancient Near Eastern Art
   
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   STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTIC/HOW TO RECOGNIZE TIME PERIOD
   

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  Preoccupation with afterlife
  
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  Canon of proportions by rank
  
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  Pharaoh portrayal: left foot forward, knees, beard, headdress, kilt, necklace, young and strong, fists, thumb forward
  
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  Pyramids
  
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  Block statues
  
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  Amarna period of naturalism
  

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   RELIGION (WHO IS IN POWER AND BASIC STRUCTURE)
   

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  Pharoah is god, son of Horus
  
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  Ruled by dynasties
  
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  Scribes/priests are literate and educated
  
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  Polytheism, Monotheism under Akhenaton
  
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  Queen Hatshepsut 1^st female monarch
  

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   THE WORLD (ECONOMICS, WARS, SOCIAL STRUCTURE)
   

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  Unification of upper and lower Egypt
  
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  Expansions of Egypt: brings in gold/imports
  
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  Trading along Nile
  
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  Social: pharaoh, priests and scribes, slaves, women low (possessions)
  
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  Warring low during Hatshepsut and Akenhaton, others expand
  

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   WHY AND WHAT CAUSED THE CHANGE IN THE ARTS
   

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  Akhenaton: naturalism, intimacy, Marfans
  
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  Preoccupation with afterlife
  
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  Tomb raiders: move to another location
  
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  Showing power/strength of ruler
  

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   MAIN ARTISTS AND A MAJOR WORK
   

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  Pyramids at Gizeh
  
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  Statue of Akhenaton
  
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  Palette of Narmer
  
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  Menkaure and Khamerebty
  
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  Portrait mask of Tut
  

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   ARCHITECTURAL STYLE/HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT/NEW CONTRIBUTIONS
   
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     Stepped pyramid
     
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     Pyramids
     
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     Atlantid
     
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     Rock-cut tombs