The royal women of Amarna - Dorothea Arnold
images of beauty from ancient Egypt
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During a brief seventeen-year reign (ca. 1353-1336 B.C.) the pharaoh Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten, founder of the world's first known monotheistic religion, devoted his life and the resources of his kingdom to the worship of the Aten (a deity symbolized by the sun disk) and thus profoundly affected history and the history of art. The move to a new capital, Akhenaten/Amarna, brought essential changes in the depictions of royal women. It was in their female imagery, above all, that the artists of Amarna departed from the traditional iconic representations to emphasize the individual, the natural, in a way unprecedented in Egyptian art. A picture of exceptional intimacy emerges from the sculptures and reliefs of the Amarna Period. Akhenaten, his wife Nefertiti, and their six daughters are seen in emotional interdependence even as they participate in cult rituals. The female principle is emphasized in astonishing images: the aging Queen Mother Tiye, the mysterious Kiya, and Nefertiti, whose painted limestone bust in Be...
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1996Uitgever: Metropolitan Museum of Art169 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0870998161ISBN-13: 9780870998164Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Arnold, Dorothea] [Pagina's: 169] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art] [Jaar: 1996] [Titel: The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt]
