SYLLABUS FOR THE ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT ART HISTORY 1313-1 TRINITY UNIVERSITY FALL 2010

Welcome to the home page for Art History 1313, the Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, taught at Trinity University by Mark B. Garrison of the Department of Art and Art History. This site is directed towards students enrolled in the class, and it is hoped that they will make use of it as a study and research aid. I encourage any student who has found an error or wishes to make a suggestion for improvement to contact me (mgarriso@trinity.edu).

Course Description

Course Requirements and Honor Code

Texts and Reserve List

Web Sites of Interest

Lecture Topics and Important Dates (dates are tentative and will change in the course of the semester):

I. Introduction

• Introduction and General Background (TH 26 August - T 31 August)

II. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods

• Predynastic Period: Early State Formation (T 31 August - TBA)
• Early Dynastic Period: Dynasties I-II (TBA)

III. Old Kingdom

• Old Kingdom Dynasty III: The Great Experiment of the Architect Imhotep at Saqqara (TBA)


• EXAM 1: TH 30 September -- STUDY AID FORTHCOMING (Please bring a blue book to the exam)


• Old Kingdom Dynasty IV: Architecture of the Pyramid Age (TBA)
• Old Kingdom Dynasties V-VI: Architecture of the Pyramid Age (TBA)
• Old Kingdom Dynasties II-IV: Sculpture and Painting of the Pyramid Age (TBA)


• RESEARCH PROJECTS topic selection due: F 19 OCTOBER


• Old Kingdom Dynasties V-VI: Sculpture and Painting of the late Old Kingdom (TBA)

IV. Middle Kingdom

• First Intermediate Period: Chaos and Rebirth (TBA)
• Middle Kingdom Dynasty XI: Reunification from the South (Thebes) (TBA)


• EXAM 2: T 2 NOVEMBER -- STUDY AID FORTHCOMING (Please bring a blue book to the exam)


• RESEARCH PROJECTS phase I due: 4 NOVEMBER


• Middle Kingdom Dynasty XII: The Classic Period of Egyptian Art (TBA)

V. New Kingdom

• Second Intermediate Period: Foreigners Rule Egypt (TBA)
• New Kingdom Early Dynasty XVIII: Ahmose I-Tuthmosis III (TBA)


• RESEARCH PROJECTS phase II due: TH 16 NOVEMBER


• New Kingdom Mature Dynasty XVIII: Amenhotep II-Amenhotep III (TBA)
• New Kingdom Dynasty XVIII: Akhenaten and the Amarna Heresy (TBA)
• New Kingdom Dynasty XVIII: Counterrevolution


• RESEARCH PROJECTS phase III due: T 3O NOVEMBER

FINAL EXAM: M 10 DECEMBER 8:30 am -- STUDY AID FORTHCOMING (Please bring a blue book to the exam)