Art Religion and Akhenaten Tyrant or Visionary Continuity

Art, Religion and Akhenaten Tyrant or Visionary? Continuity and Change Historical Perspectives

Do you notice any changes in Egyptian art? Statues 2680 BCE 2530 BCE

Changes? 1200 BCE 2400 BCE

Did portrayals of pharaohs change? Kafra 2570 BCE Hatshepsut 1470 BCE Akhenaten 1340 BCE

VISIONARY Someone who is characterized by new ideas TYRANT An oppressive, harsh ruler who governs without restrictions

The Original Main God Amun Penn Museum, Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun, N. d. , http: //www. penn. museum/sites/amarna/about 2. shtml (Feb. 29, 2012). British Museum, Ancient Egypt, Gods and Goddesses, 1999,

The New Main God Aten – the Sun Disk with protruding rays that have hands BBC History, Ancient Egyptian Gods Gallery, Aten, 2011, http: //www. bbc. co. uk/history/ancient/egyptians/gods_gallery_11. shtml (Feb. 29, 2012); British Museum, Ancient Egypt, Gods and Goddesses, 1999, http: //www. ancientegypt. co. uk/gods/explore/main. html (Feb. 29, 2012).

The Family Nykara and his family, Old Kingdom The family of Akhenaten and Nefertiti Kate Spence, Akhenaten and the Amarna Period, BBC History, 2011, http: //www. bbc. co. uk/history/ancient/egyptians/akhenaten_01. shtml (Feb. 29, 2012); Brooklyn Museum, Statue of Nykara and his Family, N. d. , http: //www. brooklynmuseum. org/opencollection/objects/3544/Statue_of_Nykara_and_his_Family (Sept. 26, 2013).

Dad Head of Amenhotep III, father of Akhenaten Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Head of Amenhotep III, 2012, http: //www. metmuseum. org/toah/works-ofart/56. 138 (Feb. 29, 2012).

Nature Metropolitan Museum, Heillbrunn Timeline of Art History Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck, 2012 (Feb. 29, 2012).

Roofless Temple at Amarna University College London, Digital Egypt for Universities, Amarna: the main temple, 2002, http: //www. digitalegypt. ucl. ac. uk/amarna/temple. html (Feb. 29, 2012).

Temple Model of the Aten Temple at Amarna Project, Tour of the Model, 2010, http: //www. amarnaproject. com/pages/model_of_the_city/ (Feb. 29, 2012).

Wife Exaggerated style Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Relief of Nefertiti, 2012, http: //www. metmuseum. org/toah/works-of-art/61. 117 (Feb. 29, 2012).

Natural Style Natural, subtle, in perspective Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, A Royal Hand, 2012, http: //www. metmuseum. org/toah/works-of-art/1985. 328. 1 (Feb. 29, 2012).

Son Head of Tutankhamun under the hand of Amun Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Head of Tutankhamun, 2012, http: //www. metmuseum. org/toah/works-of-art/50. 6 (Feb. 29, 2012).

Father and Son? National Geographic, Photo Gallery: Who Was King Tut’s Father? 2010, http: //news. nationalgeographic. com/news/2007/06/photogalleries/tutpictures/photo 2. html (Feb. 29, 2012).