Chapter 3 Egypt under the pharaohs

Chapter 3 Egypt under the pharaohs

The palette of king Namer was the basic principles of the Egyptian representational art for 3,000 years .
On the palette it had represented pharaohs. Still to this day many historian cannot pin point the time they served. The ancient cultures established along the Nile River in Egypt between 3500 BCE and 30 BCE were characterized by complex social organizations under the leadership of Pharaohs. Much of their art and architecture was produced to honor these rulers, who were thought to be divine, as well as the gods in the Egyptian pantheon, the most important of which were Amen, the supreme god, and Re, god of the sun. Ancient Egyptian culture is divided into periods according to dynastic rule: the Predynastic and Early Dynastic period the Old Kingdom ,the Middle Kingdom ,the New Kingdom ,and the final period, the First Millennium which Egypt came increasingly under foreign rule. The early 19th century discovery of the Rosetta Stone, a kind of translator’s tablet, allowed scholars to read Egyptian hieroglyphics, linguistic symbols included on many works of Egyptian art and architecture. Among the most significant of these are the Great Pyramids at Gizeh, constructed during the Old Kingdom; Middle Kingdom rock cut tombs ,and enormous New Kingdom Temple of Amen-Re at Karnak. With notable exceptions, the stylistic features of Egyptian painting and sculpture evolved slowly, remaining remarkably consistent through three millennia.