Ancient Art and Design
VCDD290-1202A-03
Unit 2 Individual Report
Gloria Daniels
01, April 2012
AMARNA ART
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Artists of Egyptian Art
The Ancient Egyptian art style known as Amarna Art was a style of art that was adopted in the Amarna Period during and just after the reign of Akhenaten in the late(a) Eighteenth Dynasty
This particular art style has been noticeably contrasting from more of the conventional Egyptian art styles.
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The Amarna art is characterized by movement and activity in images, with figures having raised heads and many figures cooccur and many scenes are busy and crowded. In the Amarna style prowess the human frame is portrayed different, such as the body of Akhenaten who reigned in this period (New Kingdom 1500-1300 B.C.) along with his wife Nefertiti, the Egyptian art underwent a dramatic change. Akhenatens body gave him clear feminine qualities, such as large lips, prominent breast, and a larger stomach and thighs, which is a difference from the earlier Egyptian art which portrays men with perfectly strong and clearly delimit bodies (art history, 2010).
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Akhenaten and Family
Culture
Egyptian destination made a tremendous character to the history of art and was the earliest and longest of all the superannuated art forms. During this period (1300 BCE-395 CE) Egyptian civilization was shaped by the geography of the country, along with the political, social and religious customs. Egyptian culture developed mostly because it was not interfered with external invasion or internal conflict over many centuries. Pharaoh meaning castle was worshipped as a divine ruler (which was believed to be the spirit of the graven image Horus). The name Horus comes from the Egyptian word Hor which fashion face, and it also means he was a god of light, and his eyes represented the sun and the moon (He who is above).
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