HUM110CL Module 8 AVP Transcript

HUM110CL Module 8 AVP Transcript

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Welcome to this presentation on Egyptian Art.

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Title:The Egyptians

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•3000 BCE to about 500 BCE

Narrator:One of our first great cultures kept death in the forefront of their psyche.The Egyptians dominated early civilization from around 3000 BCE to about 500 BCE.These ancient people developed an incredible civilization for their time.

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Title:Hieroglyphics

Slide content:Picture of hieroglyphics

Narrator:The Egyptians adapted a writing system called hieroglyphics which enabled them to pass down more information and ideas to the next generations than other societies using only oral folklore.

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Title:Pharaoh Ramses II

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•1303–1213 BCE

Picture of Pharaoh Ramses II statue

Narrator:The Egyptians were a highly religious society, and believed that their ruler, the pharaoh, was not only their governing personage but a god as well.Here is a sculpture of Ramses II, one of the most renowned and powerful of all of the pharaohs.

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Title:Egyptian Art

Slide content:Picture of Egyptian art

Narrator:And, the Egyptians were great lovers of art.The pharaohs would use building and art projects as a means of employing farmers during the non-growing seasons.As a result, a large amount of art and artifact remains, and we are able to learn valuable information about the Egyptians through their art. There are the two dominant themes or trends of this ancient culture, absolutism and funerary.

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Title:Themes of Egyptian Art

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•Absolutism

–Almost all of the art work is geared toward glorifying the pharaoh

Narrator:Absolutism. Almost all of the art work is geared to glorifying the pharaoh.He is the center of Egyptian life and culture.Each pharaoh will spend a great deal of money on the arts including building projects that glorify himself, his great works, and his dynasty.

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Title:Themes of Egyptian Art

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•Funerary

–An interest in the afterlife

Narrator:Funerary is an interest in the afterlife.The Egyptians felt strongly that after this life there was a next one.And for that next one, you had to prepare in this life.Thus, you needed a body.So the art of mummification became popular in Ancient Egypt, in order that you could prepare and save your body for the next life.

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Title:Pharaoh Khufu

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•2580–2566 BCE

Picture of Pharaoh Khufu statue

Narrator:A pharaoh such as Khufu (2580 – 2566 BCE) needed a place to house his mummified body, and other earthly goods to take to his next life, so Khufu was one of the first pharaohs to have a pyramid built to harbor his body, his things, his pets, and anything else Pharaoh Khufu would need for his next life.

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Title:Pyramids at Giza

Slide content:Picture of the GizaPyraminds

Narrator:These incredible feats of architecture that were built by the human hand and muscle during a time of no machinery demonstrate both of our themes of the Egyptians.

The left pyramid is Khufu’s pyramid which was built around 2700 BCE.

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Title:

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•2540 BCE

Picture of the GizaPyraminds compared to 10 football fields and a 40 story high building

Narrator:This building stands taller than a forty-story building. Taller than some skyscrapers, and sits on a base that is larger than ten football fields put together.These pyramids housed the pharaoh’s body and goods, but also gave testament to the great power and reign of each pharaoh.These pyramids also represent the psyche of the Egyptian people:praising and glorifying the pharaoh, and preparing for the afterlife.Are you going to be buried in such an amazing building as this?

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Title:King Tutankhamen: 1341 – 1323 BCE

Slide content:Pictures of King Tutankhamen funerary mask and coffin

Narrator:The Egyptians believed so strongly in an afterlife, that much of their time in their present lives was spent preparing for the next.Their arts illuminated their beliefs.You are looking at the funerary mask of King Tutankhaten, or as we like to call him in our modern society, King Tut.This funerary mask is placed over the mummified body.Most of this wonderful art work is made of gold and precious gems.King Tut’s funerary mask can be found in the Museum of Cairo in Egypt.It deftly demonstrates how the glorification of their pharaohs, and the preparation for the afterlife were the center of the Egyptian culture.

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Slide content:Christian and Hebrew grave sites graphic

Narrator:Is our present society like the Egyptians?Do we spend much time preparing for the afterlife?

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Slide content:Picture of angel statue

Narrator:Do our arts reflect our beliefs about a next life?Or are we life-denying and negative in our beliefs about the physical death of the human being?