Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty. c. 1353–1335 B.C.E. Limestone.
- OLD KINGDOM, MIDDLE KINGDOM, NEW KINGDOM - ALL CONSISTENT
- RADICAL CHANGE
- AKHENATON CHANGES STATE RELIGION
- PREVIOUSLY WORSHIPPED AMUN, NOW ATEN
- HIS WIFE AND HIM, ONLY ONES WITH ACCESS TO NEW GOD
- EGYPT RETURNS TO ITS ORIGINAL RELIGION AFTER AKHENATON DIES
- VERY BRIEF PERIOD IN EGYPTIAN HISTORY
- SHIFT IN STYLE
- SUNKEN RELIEF CARVING
- PLACED IN PRIVATE DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT
- ALTAR IN SOMEONES HOME
- SENSE OF DOMESTICITY
- HOLDING DAUGHTER TENDERLY
- SWOLLEN BELLY, THIN ARMS, ELONGATED SKULLS
- CURVILINEAR FORMS RATHER THAN RECTILINEAR FORMS
- COMPOSITE VIEW OF BODY
- PROFILE FACE, FRONTAL EYE
- ATTENTION TO DRAPERY
- SOFTNESS
- SHOULDERS SQUARED
- ATEN RENDERED AS A SUN DISK
- MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION
- RAYS OF LIGHT