funerary monuments

(noun)

Sculpture meant to decorate a tomb within a pyramid. 

Examples of funerary monuments in the following topics:

  • Ancient Egyptian Culture

    • The block statue became more popular over the years, with its high point in the Late Period, and was often used as funerary monuments of important, non-royal individuals.

  • The First French Republic and Regicide

    • On January 21, 1815 Louis XVI and his wife's remains were re-buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis where in 1816 his brother, King Louis XVIII, had a funerary monument erected by Edme Gaulle.

  • The Sicán

    • Most importantly, the late Early Sicán period saw a major organizational and religious shift, by which the Sicán constructed monumental adobe structures, developed large-scale copper alloy smelting and metalworking, and developed the elaborate funerary tradition that would come to characterize the Middle Sicán.
    • Funerary practices at Huaca Loro reflected the social differentiation and hierarchy present in Sicán society.
    • The most obvious difference in burial type based on social hierarchy was that commoners were buried in simple, shallow graves on the peripheries of the monumental mounds while the elite were buried in deep shaft tombs beneath monumental mounds.
    • The Sicán culture was characterized by the establishment of religious cities with monumental temples.
    • The pyramidal monumental mounds were used as both burials sites for the elite and places of worship and ritual.

  • Ancient Egyptian Art

    • Many surviving art is related to tombs and monuments.
    • Many of the surviving forms come from tombs and monuments, and thus have a focus on life after death and preservation of knowledge.
    • Ancient Egyptians created both monumental and smaller sculptures, using the technique of sunk relief.
    • Later, ushabti figures were present as funerary figures to act as servants for the deceased, should he or she be called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife.

  • Ancient Egyptian Monuments

    • Ancient Egyptian monuments included pyramids, sphinxes, and temples.
    • The designs emphasized order, symmetry and monumentality.
    • Describe the impressive attributes of the monuments erected by Egyptians in the Old Kingdom

  • Ancient Egyptian Religion

    • Egyptian myths are mainly known from hymns, ritual and magical texts,  funerary texts, and the writings of Greeks and Romans.
    • An example was Anubis, a funerary god, who was shown as a jackal to counter its traditional meaning as a scavenger, and create protection for the mummy.

  • The Classic Period of the Maya

    • It saw a peak in large-scale construction and urbanism, the recording of monumental inscriptions, and significant intellectual and artistic development, particularly in the southern lowland regions.
    • They created a multitude of kingdoms and small empires, built monumental palaces and temples, engaged in highly developed ceremonies, and developed an elaborate hieroglyphic writing system.
    • The most notable monuments are the stepped pyramids the Maya built in their religious centers and the accompanying palaces of their rulers.
    • The Maya utilized complex mathematical and astronomical calculations to build their monuments and conceptualize the cosmography of their religion.

  • Sao

    • They made bronze sculptures and terra cotta statues of human and animal figures, funerary urns, and highly decorated pottery.

  • The Preclassic Period of the Maya

    • Lying within modern-day Guatemala City on the shores of Lake Miraflores, Kaminaljuyu developed a powerful government structure that organized massive irrigation campaigns and built numerous intricately carved stone monuments to its rulers.
    • These monuments clearly depict war captives and often show the rulers holding weapons.
    • Their capital city of La Venta contains extensive earthworks and stone monuments, including several of the distinctive Olmec stone heads.
    • The Late Preclassic also saw the rise of two powerful states that rival later Classic Mayan city-states for scale and monumental architecture—Kaminaljuyu in the highlands and El Mirador in the lowlands.

  • Hatshepsut

    • She had monuments constructed at the Temple of Karnak, and restored the original Precinct of Mut at Karnak, which had been ravaged during the Hyksos occupation of Egypt.
    • The Temple of Pakhet was a monument to Bast and Sekhmet, lioness war goddesses.
    • Later in the Nineteenth Dynasty, King Seti I attempted to take credit for this monument.