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Flashcards by Elizabeth Clifford, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elizabeth Clifford
about 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| How to refer to this source | Stelae found at a home altar - Akhenaten, Nefertiti and three of their daughters |
| What this stelae shows about Nefertiti | - Potential co-regent, very powerful for a wife (same size as Akhenaten) - Chief wife (in most art of royal family) - Aten rays on her show her importance and role in the new religion (they are the only ones depicted under the rays of the Aten in Amarna iconography) |
| What this source shows about the Aten religion | - Pharaoh and royal family worshipped to worship the Aten (only the royal family touched by the rays of the Aten) - New art style and iconography (sun disc and rays) - Worship in the home (home altar stelae) |
| What this source shows about the change to art | - Sunken relief - Loving family poses instead of traditional iconography - Exaggerated physical features (pot belly, long skinny limbs) - Daughters shown in art (usually only Pharaoh and his mother depicted in traditional iconography) |
| What is this source? | One of the colossal statues of Akhenaten |
| Who made this source? | Bek |
| What this source shows about the changes to art | - Greater exaggeration under Bek than Thutmose (later years) - Still some traditional iconography (holding crook and flail, nemes headdress |
| Allen's point of view on changes to the art style | “All of these changes reflect Akhenaten’s emphasis on the visible, tangible, here-and-now rather than the more spiritual and timeless forms of traditional Egyptian art.” “merely an artistic convention meant to emphasize the difference between the royal family and mere mortals” |
| Evidence of Akhenaten's role in the changes to art style | - Stela by Bek: describes himself as “the apprentice whom his majesty taught” - Rock stela at Aswan in which Akhenaten claims he taught Bek |
| What is this source? | Wilbour Plaque |
| What does this source show about the changes to art style? | Softening of the style from Year 9 onwards under new master sculptor Thutmose |
| What are these? | Talatat Blocks |
| Who is putting these back together? | Akhenaten Temple Project |
| What did these blocks innovate? | Architecture - small enough to be carried by a single man. Increased speed of architecture and assisted in the quick building of Akhetaten |
| What is this stela? | Window of Appearances |
| What does this stela show about the Aten religion? | - The royal family were worshipped by the people in order to worship the Aten (Aten's rays on the royal family) |
| What evidence does this source provide about Nefertiti? | - Nefertiti important religious and political role - equal size to Akhenaten and performing a role reserved for a pharaoh (potentially a co-regent?) |
| What does this stela show about the art style during Akhenaten's reign? | - New pharaoh iconography - Elongated limbs - Exaggerated facial features - New royal iconography (chief wife not traditionally shown in art) - New religious iconography |
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