Ancient Egyptian Art History | Overview and Characteristics

Get a clear picture of what Ancient Egyptian art history is all about and its characteristics. From tombs, to reliefs, and more, the art from Ancient Egypt tells an incredible story of religion, kings, and an advanced society.
In this video, I cover the main characteristics and themes within the five main periods of Ancient Egyptian art history, along with analysis of famous artworks (often taught in art history classes) from each of these periods:
1. Pre-Dynastic - Palette of Narmer
2. Old Kingdom - Statue of Kafre Enthroned and The Seated Scribe
3. Middle Kingdom - Statue of Senusret III
4. New Kingdom - Statue of Akhenaten
5. Late Period and beyond - Mummy Egyptian portraits
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Video Outline:
0:00 - Intro to Ancient Egyptian Art
1:54 - Ancient Egyptian art Themes
3:49 - Early Dynastic Period
4:28 - Canon Developed
6:54 - Palette of Narmer Analysis
12:01 - Old Kingdom Period
13:05 - Kafre Enthroned Analysis
18:17 - The Seated Scribe Analysis
19:57 - Middle Kingdom Period
20:30 - Senusret III Analysis
21:19 - New Kingdom Period
24:00 - Statue of Akhanaten
27:23 - Late Period and Beyond
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Attributions:
Profile statue of Kafre photograph (Djehouty, CC BY-SA 4.0)
The Seated Scribe photograph (Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 FR)
Statue of Senusret III (Captmondo, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut photograph (Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Akhenaten statue (Ismoon, CC BY-SA 2.5)
King Tut mask (Firebrace, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Ramses II statue (Pbuergler, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Giza pyramids photograph (Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Luxor temple unification of Egypt relief (Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0)
Queen Cleopatra (Eslam17, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Tomb of Ramses in Valley of the Kings photograph (Tim Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Ancient Egypt map (Jeff Dahl, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Catacombs photograph (Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0)
*All other images used are in the public domain or have been given permission

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  • @ArtHistorywithAlder
    @ArtHistorywithAlder2 жыл бұрын

    What is your favorite time period, artwork, or pharaoh from Ancient Egyptian Art?!

  • @ashtonday5313

    @ashtonday5313

    2 жыл бұрын

    Objectively speaking, the greatest piece of ancient Egyptian art is, WITHOUT QUESTION, the Block Statue of Senmut with Princess Nefrua. Nothing before and nothing after has even come close to matching its beauty and majesty. 😉 Actual serious answer though - I think for me it’s gotta be the Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut. It is such an incredible and monumental structure. The skill and precision required is remarkable as they cut the temple out of the mountain. I hope that I can someday see it with my own eyes.

  • @ArtHistorywithAlder

    @ArtHistorywithAlder

    2 жыл бұрын

    haha I miss you in my classes! But yes seriously, the Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut is incredible. Thanks for sharing, and you'll have to share with me when you make it there in person

  • @jnsyrsl

    @jnsyrsl

    Жыл бұрын

    Favorite time period: 6000-2000 BC (Actually I love every period of ancient Egypt, from 6000 BC to 40 AD!) Favorite artwork: blue broad collar of Hapiankhtifi Favorite pharaohs: Unas, Narmer, Radjedef, Nebra, Neithhotep.

  • @arringar

    @arringar

    3 ай бұрын

    I couldn’t possibly identify a single piece of Egyptian art as a personal favorite. From the smallest amulet depicting a god or goddess to the largest architectural wonder, each piece is remarkable in its own way. My favorite period is the New Kingdom period. Favorite pharaohs are Ramses II and Hatshepsut. The architectural marvels built under the rule of these two leaders are truly incredible.

  • @pearlharbor4790
    @pearlharbor47902 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I never had the money or opportunity for a higher education. Now I'm 60 and have the time to learn new things. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so freely.

  • @zeus2717

    @zeus2717

    4 ай бұрын

    Study well

  • @pearlharbor4790

    @pearlharbor4790

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@zeus2717thanks

  • @johng4093

    @johng4093

    3 ай бұрын

    It's a good time for informal learning, as there's so much free content available online now.

  • @pearlharbor4790

    @pearlharbor4790

    3 ай бұрын

    @@johng4093 yes thank you

  • @lordsofanime7890
    @lordsofanime78909 ай бұрын

    Much easier then having to read it all as I perfer to listen like an audiobook. Gets me through the class.

  • @sgo4681
    @sgo4681 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Alder. I've been struggling with depression for years and your channel has became the source of relaxation and salvation. Thank you very much for this

  • @rosario_penaloza
    @rosario_penaloza3 ай бұрын

    Your explanation is very easy to understand. You teach better than my professor. I really enjoy this video. Thank you!!!

  • @Boro87
    @Boro87 Жыл бұрын

    I just found your channel and im so sorry to see you dont post videos anymore, you re really good

  • @SierraVA
    @SierraVA Жыл бұрын

    What a succinct and well spoken introduction to Ancient Egyptian Art. I truly appreciate your work, Mrs. Alder! I want to mention that I had searched 'ancient egyptian art' on KZread, and your video was the first result. So thank you for your service, it was exactly what I was looking for.

  • @gamalnassertv
    @gamalnassertv6 ай бұрын

    Love your enthusiasm, this was very educational, thank you! Great overview!

  • @homagebackup6404
    @homagebackup64042 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos! I hope you keep making more in the future someday

  • @ArtHistorywithAlder

    @ArtHistorywithAlder

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, so glad! Things have been hectic with a move, having a child, and new teaching job...but I'm hoping to make them again soon. Thanks for the suggestions 😊

  • @gabriellebernard198
    @gabriellebernard1983 ай бұрын

    Its very evident that you have great passion with what you speak. Also you have a lovely voice with excellent dicition.

  • @TheLazyGamer42
    @TheLazyGamer42 Жыл бұрын

    So glad I ran into your channel! Can really see your passion for this subject. I'm not an arts major but you make it so captivating I love it!

  • @elenagurvich7594
    @elenagurvich7594 Жыл бұрын

    It’s a great overview. Brief but very informative. Thanks a lot!

  • @stijnpriem4474
    @stijnpriem4474 Жыл бұрын

    its so cool to see the style of art change over centuries

  • @erdarkurt
    @erdarkurt Жыл бұрын

    this was soooo great!!! thank you very much! have a great one

  • @hemoglobbin
    @hemoglobbin Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video, thank you so much for sharing!

  • @revrevreviews
    @revrevreviews2 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video! Very educational. I didn't know much about Ancient Egyptian Art History so this was very helpful. I usually review Contemporary Art but it is important to know a bit more about Art history! Thanks for uploading.

  • @ArtHistorywithAlder

    @ArtHistorywithAlder

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @fifthavenue8505
    @fifthavenue850516 күн бұрын

    Glad to have found you!

  • @ggvbayareaoakland5914
    @ggvbayareaoakland5914 Жыл бұрын

    Great video and informative! Thank you 😊

  • @anabasic640
    @anabasic64011 ай бұрын

    amazing video, thank you so much!

  • @totemworlds
    @totemworlds11 ай бұрын

    Enjoyed this thoroughly, thank you!

  • @conradgarcia6874
    @conradgarcia6874 Жыл бұрын

    Great lecture! Egyptian artists show power relations and hierarchy in the image composition.

  • @Curly_tales
    @Curly_tales4 ай бұрын

    What an awesome video , I bet you’re a favorite teacher of all your students.❤❤❤

  • @LornaLoria
    @LornaLoria2 жыл бұрын

    I loved it! THANK YOU

  • @prastevnikprastevnik3140
    @prastevnikprastevnik3140 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this beautiful video. In credibly helpful!

  • @WeebInvestments69
    @WeebInvestments697 ай бұрын

    Great video, thank you 😊

  • @Kylin70_kyrin
    @Kylin70_kyrin7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this artwork .Depend on this video,I finish my essay in such smooth way.also I learned a lot from this video !

  • @Sage_Tea
    @Sage_Tea7 ай бұрын

    studying for my art history midterm exam that's tomorrow. literally saving my grade thank you

  • @rodrigoestrada8347
    @rodrigoestrada83472 жыл бұрын

    excellent introduction to Egipt and its art! And as a bonus, fascinating story of Akhenaten ... really enjoyed your video!

  • @ArtHistorywithAlder

    @ArtHistorywithAlder

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, so glad!

  • @sdavis023
    @sdavis02310 ай бұрын

    I just found your channel today and I love your videos! Will you be making more? I sure hope so.

  • @marijazaleskyte7405
    @marijazaleskyte74055 ай бұрын

    that was lovely and interesting

  • @user-ih8ee2zq9r
    @user-ih8ee2zq9r2 жыл бұрын

    great video! I like it!

  • @Vishakha79
    @Vishakha79 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much ma'am for making this lesson so precise n well explained i just struggle to memorise the dates and the toughest names so if you would like to give tips on that then i am highly grateful for that too... Ma'am, continue making these valuable lessons which are really really helpful.. thanks a zillion ma'am for your time efforts and excellent explanation. 😊😊😊👌👌

  • @mirkobohner9892
    @mirkobohner98922 жыл бұрын

    I watched this in 2x speed got to leave 30 minutes earlier, i am now a succsesful billionare thanks to this video. you saved my life

  • @jeomama9942

    @jeomama9942

    2 жыл бұрын

    LOL Noob.

  • @rafaelabasov7048
    @rafaelabasov7048 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @sabajam1192
    @sabajam1192 Жыл бұрын

    very good explaining

  • @RigoMelanyEscalera
    @RigoMelanyEscalera9 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this! What a greatly made video, I will be passing my exam now

  • @user-pp7zt6zd5v
    @user-pp7zt6zd5v9 ай бұрын

    Super n best work

  • @WhiteSiroi
    @WhiteSiroi5 ай бұрын

    thank you

  • @ArtHistorywithAlder

    @ArtHistorywithAlder

    4 ай бұрын

    You're welcome 😊

  • @redtoxicextazy
    @redtoxicextazy Жыл бұрын

    A very informative vdo

  • @gabriellebernard198
    @gabriellebernard1983 ай бұрын

    I would love to hear information on the history and provanance of the objects. Especially dates and places.

  • @reeshangeeagrawal8865
    @reeshangeeagrawal88652 жыл бұрын

    Just loved watching this 🥺 Sending love from India😌

  • @ArtHistorywithAlder

    @ArtHistorywithAlder

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the message ☺️

  • @thinginground5179
    @thinginground51792 жыл бұрын

    Egyptian art isn't my favourite in the way it looks, but it really calls to me for some reason. My favourite ancient civilisation. Also a question: Will you be making a video on surrealism art form like Picasso or Salvador Dali?

  • @ArtHistorywithAlder

    @ArtHistorywithAlder

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ancient Egypt really is so fascinating and incredible. And yes, I plan to dive into some Surrealism! Thanks for the suggestion.

  • @thinginground5179

    @thinginground5179

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ArtHistorywithAlder Shrouded in mystery, it is! ...I suppose Surrealism reciprocates that

  • @jnsyrsl
    @jnsyrsl Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much. Small correction: Akhenaten's capital was called Akhetaten or Akhetaton, meaning "the horizon of the Aten".

  • @Costic_Studio
    @Costic_Studio6 ай бұрын

    Can I use your Egyptian art for my work. I need to explain how there art communicated stories in 100 words.

  • @aaroncarson1770
    @aaroncarson1770 Жыл бұрын

    I think it's fair to say that the Egyptians succeeded in immortalising their ideal. That Kafre statue would be considered a handsome guy today, if you look at the facial features. Usually ideals of beauty change over time, and from culture to culture, but I think the western, modern ideal for male beauty is hauntingly suggestive of the ancient Egyptian one.

  • @MikeScott-ez7iw
    @MikeScott-ez7iwАй бұрын

    My brother's and sister's we can't let Egypt steal African culture 🧫 we have to educate this generation of black students 💯 true facts

  • @user-dd2nc1kt2e
    @user-dd2nc1kt2e2 ай бұрын

    Please do inidian art

  • @neon-kitty
    @neon-kitty3 ай бұрын

    The history of ancient Egyptian art really didn't "conclude" with Alexander's conquest. Traditional ancient Egyptian art and architecture continued to evolve and flourish under the Ptolemies and, to some extent, under the Romans. Also Akhenaten's new capital was called Akhetaten, not Akhenaten. He did not name it after himself. He also didn't change the name of any god. Aten was an existing god before Akhenaten took over.

  • @sudiptopal1377
    @sudiptopal13772 жыл бұрын

    One part I disagree with. It is wrong to call Mummy Portrait arts to be Christian Influenced. It was predominantly Roman art, influence coming from Pagan Roman arts with many pagan Egyptian influences. The concept of Christian art didn't start until the end of the 2nd century CE, and these portraits are older than that period. In fact, these portraits later influenced the Christian arts, especially the wood panel paintings of St Catherine monastery of Sinai, Egypt.

  • @denzelonyangod109
    @denzelonyangod109 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting to note that the agreed mathematical figure proportion is of a tropical African type. Clear indication of indigenous adaptation and genetic chronology with Nile River and Saharan African

  • @denzelonyangod109

    @denzelonyangod109

    Жыл бұрын

    The weapon on the pallet, he’s wielding is a mace head, used across many indigenous African cultures to symbolise strength and authority. It’s a bludgeoning tool not an axe for decapitation. Also there is nothing thin about the depiction of the note of Menya (Mena, Menes, Narmer)

  • @SmokingOnNotti123
    @SmokingOnNotti1232 жыл бұрын

    POV UR HERE FROM SCHOOL

  • @jeomama9942
    @jeomama99422 жыл бұрын

    Watched you in 1.75 speed bc I wanted to leave art class noob.

  • @jeomama9942

    @jeomama9942

    2 жыл бұрын

    LOL Suckers

  • @matthiasstrunz1343
    @matthiasstrunz1343 Жыл бұрын

    Achet Aten : the horizon of aten……. Not is name

  • @dennisneo1608
    @dennisneo1608 Жыл бұрын

    BC

  • @MikeScott-ez7iw
    @MikeScott-ez7iwАй бұрын

    I know people who visit the museums in Egypt and told me that the mummies were pure African people the art and statues and writing language is of pure African people I look online and noticed that the mummies were African people not Egyptian and Mediterranean dark 🌑 skin bs 💯 true facts

  • @MikeScott-ez7iw
    @MikeScott-ez7iwАй бұрын

    Europeans and Mediterranean people don't have black eyes 👀 African and black people do period 💯 true facts

  • @MikeScott-ez7iw
    @MikeScott-ez7iw2 ай бұрын

    Sit 🪑 down 👇 little girl read a book 📚 Egypt is in Africa 🌍 it was known as kemet civilization its African art not Egyptian art period 💯 true facts

  • @MikeScott-ez7iw
    @MikeScott-ez7iw2 ай бұрын

    Fake 🤥 News 📰 Egypt is in Africa 🌍 it was known as kemet civilization not Egyptian civilization period

  • @Nahte-uno
    @Nahte-uno5 ай бұрын

    It was know as kemet before Greeks invaded so calling it Ancient Kemet is disingenuous. thats like calling native Americans. ancient USA citizens.

  • @MikeScott-ez7iw
    @MikeScott-ez7iwАй бұрын

    Fake 🤥 News 📰 Egypt is in Africa 🌍 it was known as kemet civilization not Egyptian civilization period 💯 true facts

  • @joaniebarc6763
    @joaniebarc67632 жыл бұрын

    10 times 244 = 2400.bogus history or faulty calculator? 1776 - 2021=244 years

  • @druritz
    @druritz Жыл бұрын

    I hoping to see art, not your face.

  • @leyajarabe8146
    @leyajarabe8146Ай бұрын

    Paiyak na sana ako kasi hindi ko maintindihan report ko, Buti na lang may ganito sa yt 🫶

  • @user-hi5wx6hv8y
    @user-hi5wx6hv8y Жыл бұрын

    Your last part of information about Christianity in Egypt is wrong....Christianity begins in Egypt before Europe at 33 B.c. Egyptian maintain and still now day use and speak the coptic language the last modification of egyptian ancient language....who also modified their ancient arts to fit the new faith Christianity in Egypt - Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Egypt

  • @JesseNickelltheFourth
    @JesseNickelltheFourth Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @MikeScott-ez7iw
    @MikeScott-ez7iw2 ай бұрын

    I know people who visit the museums in Egypt and told me that the mummies were pure African people the art and statues and writing language is of pure African people I look online and noticed that the mummies were pure African people not Egyptian and Mediterranean dark 🌑 skin bs 💯 true facts