Social Studies Connections:
Art is an important primary source in understanding the religious,
political, and social beliefs of civilizations both past and present.
Egyptians believed that works of art by their actual
physical presence were instrumental in making their beliefs about the world permanent. |
| Concepts and related text |
Works of art |
Activities (A) and Lessons (L) |
Beliefs about the Afterlife:
How does Egyptian art reflect ideas about life after death?Life after Death
The mummified body,
The ka,
The ba
Funerary art |
Tomb of Perneb,
View inside the chamber of Meketre's tomb,
Statue of Hatshepsut,
Ivory hunting dog,
Yuny and his wife, Renenutet,
The discovery of Wah's mummy,
Nikare and his family,
West wall from a chapel built by Sety I for his father, Ramesses I,
Nikare and his family,
Stela of a Middle Kingdom official,
Canopic jar with a lid in the shape of a royal woman's head,
Menna and his family fishing and fowling,
Section from a Book of the Dead |
Favorites Forever (A)
Life after Death (L)
On the Wall (A)
Living Work of Art (L)
Eating it up (A)
Art and Culture (A)
Eyewitness News (A)
Wrap-Ups (A)
Narrative Art/Scroll Painting (L) |
The divine powers of the king
How did art assert the divine powers of kingship and define the king's awesome
responsibilities?Maintaining Order over Chaos
The King in Art
The Queen |
Tutankhamun wearing the blue crown,
Statue of Hatshepsut,
Discovery of fragments of Hatshepsut’s sculpture,
Fragment of a battle scene,
Sakhmet,
Sphinx of Senwosret III,
Fragment of the head of a queen,
Canopic jar with a lid in the shape of a royal woman's head,
Akhenaten sacrificing a duck,
West wall from a chapel built by Sety I for his father, Ramesses I |
The Role of the King (L)
Animal Symbols (A)
Art and Culture (A)
Name Games (A) |
Understanding the Cosmos:
How did the Egyptians explain natural phenomena? How did they attempt to
channel and control negative forces in their world?Gods
and Goddesses
The Worship of Deities |
Sphinx of Senwosret III,
Sakhmet,
Akhenaten sacrificing a duck,
West wall from a chapel built by Sety I for his father, Ramesses I,
Statuette of Amun,
Statuette of the god Anubis,
Cat,
Hippopotamus,
Section from a Book of the Dead,
Temple of Dendur,
Magical stela (detail) |
Divine Power (A)
Animal Symbols (L)
Animal Symbols (A)
Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (L)
Eyewitness News (A) |
Status and Power:
How were these ideas portrayed in Egyptian art? How do other civilizations
represent the powerful? Encourage students to look critically at contemporary power
markers.The King in Art
The Queen
Symbols
Status |
Statuette of an offering bearer,
Wah's jewelry,
Statue of Hatshepsut ,
Sphinx of Senwosret III,
Fragment of the head of a queen,
Tutankhamun wearing the blue crown,
Haremhab as a scribe,
Nikare and his family,
Stela of a Middle Kingdom official,
Yuny and his wife, Renenutet,
Akhenaten sacrificing a duck,
Canopic jar with a lid in the shape of a royal woman's head,
Discovery of fragments of Hatshepsut’s sculpture, Thebes, |
Costume and Adornment (A)
You as an Egyptian (A)
A Broad Collar (A)
Wrap-Ups (A)
Personal Adornment (L) |
The Structure of Society
What does Egyptian art reveal about this social structure? What does it tell us
about individuals, other than kings?The People of Ancient
Egypt. |
Haremhab as a scribe,
Statue of Hatshepsut,
Sphinx of Senwosret III,
Akhenaten sacrificing a duck,
Tutankhamun wearing the blue crown,
Temple of Dendur,
Menna and his family fishing and fowling,
Nikare and his family,
Plan of the Tombs of Meketre and Wah,
Stela of a Middle Kingdom official,
Yuny and his wife, Renenutet,
Section from a Book of the Dead,
Granary,
Fragment of a battle scene,
Portrait of a boy,
Fragment of the head of a queen,
West wall from a chapel built by Sety I for his father, Ramesses I,
Wah's jewelry, |
Costume and Adornment (A)
A Broad Collar (A)
Presentation of Self (A)
You as an Egyptian (A)
Eating It Up (A)
Family Relationships (A)
Personal Adornment (L)
Ancient Egyptian Families (L)
The Role of the King (L) |
The Egyptians' Relationship to the Environment:
How did the Egyptians' environment influence their art?The Natural World
Naturalistic Details
Symbols
Multiple Powers of the Gods
The King in Art |
Comb,
Temple of Dendur,
Menna and his family fishing and fowling,
View of Luxor looking west across the Nile,
Riverboat,
Statuette of Amun,
Akhenaten sacrificing a duck,
Sphinx of Senwosret III,
Sakhmet,
Coffin of a Middle Kingdom official,
Statuette of an offering bearer,
Pectoral of Princess Sithathoryunet ,
View of Saqqara,
Statuette of the god Anubis,
Hippopotamus,
Cat,
Section from a Book of the Dead,
Magical stela (detail),
West wall from a chapel built by Sety I for his father Ramesses I,
Statue of Hatshepsut,
Tutankhamun wearing the blue crown |
Art and the Environment (L)
Myths/Architecture/Environment (L)
Divine Power (A)
Animal Symbols (A)
Animal Symbols (L)
Ask me an Animal Question (A) |
