Egyptian and Sub-Saharan African Art

Concurrent Dates

2550 BCE Stonehenge
2500 BCE First iron tools/weapons
1780 BCE Stele of Hammurabi
1200 BCE Fall of Troy?

Ancient Egypt
3,000 – 30 BCE
Textbook: Chapter 3
Khan Academy APAH Test Prep: Ancient Mediterranean:  Egypt

The Nile

Upper and Lower Egypt

Politics of Egypt

The Egyptian canon

The Palette of King Narmer
Egypt. 3000 BCE slate 2’ high

The Great Pyramids (and section of Khufu)
Egypt. circa 2550-2490 BCE cut limestone. The tallest, Khufu, stands at 480’
ben-ben stone, Cult of Re (Ra), courses, ashlar masonry

The Great Sphinx
Egypt. 2520 BCE 65’ high x 240’ long

Khafre seated
Egypt, 2520 BCE diorite 6’ high
Ka

Seated Scribe
Egypt. 2500 BCE painted limestone 2’ high

King Menkaura and his Queen
Egypt. 2490 BCE slate 5’ high

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
Egypt. 1550 BCE
Axial plan, hypostyle hall, clerestory, sunken relief

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, by Senmut
Egypt. 1473 BCE

Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut
Egypt. 1473 BCE

Fowling Scene
Egypt. 1400 BCE fresco secco 3’ high
fresco secco, buon fresco (true fresco)

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
Egypt. 1353 BCE limestone
The Amarna Period, curvilinear

Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
Egypt. 1323 BCE gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones 7′ long

Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
Egypt. 1290 BCE painted papyrus scroll 2’ high
Anubis, Maat, Osiris, Isis, Thoth, papyrus, continuous narrative

Art of Sub-Saharan Africa
1000 – 1938 CE
Textbook: Chapters 15 and 34
Khan Academy APAH Test Prep: Africa: 1100-1980 CE

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, Shona peoples. 11th century CE coursed granite blocks

Wall plaque from Oba’s Palace
Nigeria, Edo peoples. 16th century CE cast brass

Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)
Ghana, Ashanti peoples. 18th century CE gold over wood and cast-gold attachments

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Congo, Kuba peoples. Late 19th century CE wood and metal

Power Figure (Nkisi n’kondi)
Congo, Kongo peoples. Late 19th century CE wood and metal

Portrait mask (Mblo)
Ivory Coast, Baule peoples. Late 19th to early 20th century CE wood and pigment

Female (Pwo) mask
Congo, Chokwe peoples. Late 19th to early 20th century CE wood, cloth, and fiber

Bundu mask
Sierra Leone and Liberia, Sande Society. Late 19th to 20th century CE wood, cloth, and fiber

Ikenga (shrine figure)
Nigeria, Ibgo peoples. Late 19th to 20th century CE wood

Lukasa (memory board)
Congo, Luba peoples. Late 19th to 20th century CE wood, beads, and metal
Bambudye

Aka elephant mask
Cameroon. 19th to 20th century CE wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads
Cowrie shells

Reliquary figure (nlo bieri)
Cameroon, Fang peoples. 19th to 20th century CE wood
Reliquary

Veranda post: equestrian figure and female caryatid
Olowe of Ise, Yoruba peoples. Before 20th century CE wood and pigment