Some theories about why the art looks soooo odd

1. Eugene Lef èbvre:
(based on statue of late blog)

• French scholar of the late C19th.
• b/c of feminine physique & b/c occasionally wore a long clinging robe though that Pharaoh was a woman pretending to be a man.
• (need more info on; if wrote book, or anything about this, more specific time period i.e what art movement he was part of).
• Recent thoughts to
  

2.Elliot Grafton Smith:

• 1972 anatomist
• thought suffered physical disorder of endocrine system, "Fr ölich's Syndrome"
• caused fat to be deposited in breast areas, abdomen, pubis, thighs, bum, distortion of skull, facial peculiarities.
• sex organs not mature at puberty and become sterile
• Sufferers are mentally retarded (LOL)
• CANT HAVE THIS because know from inscriptions that had kids
• KNOW not mentally retarded
• GEN want more info
  

3. Alwyn Burridge:

• Canadian scholar
• "Marfan's Syndrome", rare genetic disorder
• SYMPTOMS: elongated skull, tall slender stature, elongated fingers and toes (+ others)
• Art works display all symptoms
• IF did suffer kid & him would have faced an early death b/c of heart weakness and possible blindness
• SEEMS REASONABLE
  
• NEED more info

4.Artistic and R.E innovation:

• Aki emphasized devotion to MAAT (in "hymm to Aten" verse says "the King who lives by Maat") and may have chosen that because of the honest nature of MAAT chose to be depicted as he looked (this was perhaps more than a revolutionary artistic move for Egypt as may have been a move to realism).
• Bek (in reliefs from Aswan and Hermopolis) says that Ak taught them how to do the art (another reason they look so weird, perhaps crap at art and so his influence was part of prob).
• IF we look at this as a move towards realism it would be interesting, b/c as the art progressed (middle period compared to early) it became less weird and the style "softened".
  
• Just to give a more contempary e.g. there is the australian art movement which reflects a theory that they were just getting the hang of it.
• Comparing the early collonialists works to those of Fred McCubbin to modern realistic depictions. This theory becomes more plausable.
• More later on this i thinks
• ALSO the colours became more natural/ realistic especially in the royal palace. (FREED)
  

• ALL Egyptian art was a depiction of all religious themes (good point???)
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