copyright 1991
BUT is a 1999 edition
Under Amarna (el-'Amarna) and Akhenaten heading
- describes the art style as 'naturalistic'
- THIS derives from artwork at reliefs and paintings in the Palace (unsure which one it talks about, assume place of Kanark)>> "Waterfowl and marsh scenes graced the walls, adding a natural and pastoral quality to the residence"
- "examples of this style surviving today depict the King and his family with strange deformities and peculiar physical traits" >>> WOW i didn't know they still thought that the Pharaoh had something wrong with him.
- Book states that Akhenaten attacked other cults and deities of Egypt, "especially Amon">> apparently his "agents" went around destroying their statues and desecrating sites and other evidence of their worship. "Even the cartouche of Akhenaten's father, Amenhotep III, was destroyed because it bore Amon's name."
The Cannon of the Human Form
- representation of the human form evolved within religion BECAUSE.......
- "The predynastic Egyptians, already deeply concerned with the spiritual concepts, had a need to communicate ideas and ideals through the representation of divine beings..."
- "Art was ment to convey information" >>> thus the convention was developed to serve a religious purpose "could convey metaphysical concepts" and bring "a vision of the material world to the viewer"
- This is good for me because this applies to the theory that modern historians now seem to theorise for the purpose of the art= religion.
Art and Architecture- New Kingdom- Amarna
- Note in the period prior, Tuthmossid Period. Polychromatics (variety of colour) and application of a simplified cubist form.
- "In honour of the got Aten, set off an artistic revolution"
- again mentions the use of a more naturalistic style
- physical deformities comment, "frankly portrayed"
- though notes that the busts of Nefertiti demonstrates technical skill
- POSSIBLY ignoring evidence????
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