Second Intermediate Period
Historic events
Egypt falls to Near Eastern rulers - Hyksos - who seize power of the north.
11th Dynasty – Egypt unified again
Art movements
Egyptian art declines and is relatively crude
A reversion to traditional models from Memphis in the Early Dynastic Period
Figures have small heads, narrow shoulders and waists, slender limbs and no visible musculature. (jan 1, 1650 BC – jan 1, 1550 BC)
Description:
Historic events
Egypt falls to Near Eastern rulers - Hyksos - who seize power of the north.
11th Dynasty – Egypt unified again
Art movements
Egyptian art declines and is relatively crude
A reversion to traditional models from Memphis in the Early Dynastic Period
Figures have small heads, narrow shoulders and waists, slender limbs and no visible musculature.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1650 BC
jan 1, 1550 BC
~ 100 years