Ancient Egypt Art and Design - Jewelry Moneerah Alayar Ancient - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Ancient Egypt Art and Design - Jewelry Moneerah Alayar

Ancient Egyptian Jewelry Styles Today ฀ Statement ฀ Cuff ฀ Animal ฀ Charms & necklaces Bracelets Symbolism Amulets

Jewelry Motifs and Symbolism Ankh - immortality Sun - royalty and power Scarab beetle - transformation Snake - divine authority Gods and Goddesses Eye of Horus - protection Hieroglyphics - “words of the gods”

Purposes of Jewelry Religious - made to honor/worship/appease gods Status Symbols - upper classes wore gold, while lower classes wore copper jewelry and beads Burial Jewelry - Egyptians were buried with their jewelry as a custom and it was believed to help them have wealth/prosperity in the afterlife Personal Vanity - Egyptians loved to adorn themselves and decorate everything in sight!

Jewelry Design Materials Metals Precious Stones Other Materials: Gold Lapis Lazuli Glass Copper Turquoise Enamel Carnelian Clay Feldspar Garnet

Famous Collections The Egyptian Museum - Cairo, Egypt Metropolitan Museum of Art Australian Museum - Sydney, Australia

References Baines, J. (2007). Visual and written culture in ancient Egypt . New York: Oxford University Press. Gold necklace with flies belonging to Ahotep, decoration for military valour, jewelry found in Dra Abu el-Naga tomb, Goldsmith Art, Egyptian Civilisation, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII. (2014). In Bridgeman Images, Bridgeman images . London, United Kingdom: Bridgeman. Retrieved from http://www.library.rochester.edu/ezproxy.php?dbredirect=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.credorefer ence.com%2Fcontent%2Fentry%2Fbridgemandeag%2Fgold_necklace_with_flies_belonging_ to_ahotep_decoration_for_military_valour_jewelry_found_in_dra_abu_el_naga_tomb_golds mith_art_egyptian_civilisation_new_kingdom_dynasty_xviii%2F0 Jennings, A. M. (1988). Women's Gold Jewelry in Egyptian Nubia. African Arts,22 (1), 68. Jewelry Box Egyptian Civilisation, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII. (2014). In Bridgeman Images, Bridgeman images . London, United Kingdom: Bridgeman. Retrieved from http://www.library.rochester.edu/ezproxy.php?dbredirect=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.credo reference.com%2Fcontent%2Fentry%2Fbridgemandeag%2Fjewelry_box_egyptian_civili sation_new_kingdom_dynasty_xviii%2F0 Jewelry with precious stones, turquoise, carnelian and lapis Lazuli, Egyptian civilization, Middle Kingdom. (2014). In Bridgeman Images, Bridgeman images . London, United Kingdom: Bridgeman. Retrieved from http://www.library.rochester.edu/ezproxy.php?dbredirect=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.credorefer ence.com%2Fcontent%2Fentry%2Fbridgemandeag%2Fjewelry_with_precious_stones_turquo ise_carnelian_and_lapis_lazuli_egyptian_civilization_middle_kingdom%2F0 Markowitz, J., & Doxey, D. (2014). Gold and the gods: Jewels of ancient Nubia. Ornament 37 (4), 32-37. Scott, N. E. (1964). Egyptian Jewelry. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin,22 (7), 223.