Nancy Gallardo Art 105 September 21,2010
Ca. 3100 B.C. –
Hieroglyphics From the Greek words “hieros” meaning “sacred” and “glypho” meaning “I carve.” Faster method: Hieratic 7th century B.C.- Demotic. All 3 systems remained in use until the Christian Era.
Hieroglyphics
2 Categories: •Ideograms:
Pictorially (Pictures) •Phonograms:
written character which represent speech sound. Ex: walking legsmotion.
1799 soldiers of
Napoleon’s French Expeditionary Force….. Village of Rashid (Rosetta by Europeans) in the western Nile Delta. Primary Creditor- JeanFrancois Champollion (1790-1832) for deciphering hieroglyphics in 1822.
Cartouche A rectangle with a semicircle at either end, signifying the passage of the sun around the universe and the pharaoh’s dominion over it.
ď‚— Stone was originally probably 5 to 6
ft. with a rounded top that is now missing. ď‚— It now measures: Height: 3 ft. 9 in. Width: 2 ft. 4 in. Thickness: 11 in. Weight: under a ton (762 kg.)
ď‚— London, England.
Art Across Time: 4th Ed. Chapter 3: Ancient Egypt Pages: 82-84.
Adams, Laurie S. Art across Time. 4th ed. Vol. 1. New
York: McGraw Hill, 2011. Print. "Napoleon and the Scientific Expedition to Egypt | Linda Hall Library." Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, Kansas City, Missouri. Web. 14 Sept. 2010. <http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/ exhibits/napoleon/rosetta_stone.shtml>. "Rosetta Stone.” Web. 16 Sept. 2010. <http://www.kingtutshop.com/freeinfo/rosettastone.htm>.