Art of the Amarna Period
The sun setting on the temple in El-Amarna By Aqsa Noorin-grade 9 Aqsa Noorin-grade 9 Monday. ... 6, 2003 “The Art of the Amarna Period. ... It was a period when the art in ancient Egypt changed stupendously and for some reason the proportions and illustrations of the human stature also changed drastically during the Amarna Period. ... Later on during the Amarna Period, the deformation of the body became less exaggerated with the waist and shoulders becoming slightly wider and the small of the back was lowered, lengthening the upper torso slightly. This style of art which is known as the “Art of the Amarna Period,” was established under the reign of the Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten. ... At first Akhenaten continued to use the traditional style of art which was also used by his predecessors, but a year or so after he had been crowned as Pharaoh, he began building temples to the new Sun-God Aten in a very contradictory, but artistic approach. ... The servants and documents were transferred to the Amarna Valley from the former capital of Thebes and the Pharaoh Akhenaten took residence along with his family in the new city called Akhetaten which means the ‘Horizon of Aten. ... At Akhenaten’s demand, the Art of the Amarna Period attained very distinguishing characteristics, which were quite peculiar in comparison to anything that had preceded it. ... ” For the first time in Egyptian art, the Pharaoh was portrayed amongst his family. ... Amun-Re returned to shine over Egypt in the place of Aten, and everything returned to what it was like before, but behind himself, Akhenaten left many unanswered questions such as “Was the Art of the Amarna Period propaganda, was it truly used to manipulate so many innocent lives through fear, why did Akhenaten have to seem God-like if he wasn’t being worshipped? ... The Art of the Amarna Period. ... com/art. ... The Art of Ancient Egypt. ... The remains of Aten’s Temple in the modern Tell El-Amarna.