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... 1340 ¨C 1336 BC) A limestone house stela of King Akhenaten his wife and three of their daughters in a kiosk Firstly, in this work of art, Akhenaten sits on a simple stool and raises one of his daughters in his arms to kiss her while she points to her mother opposite, whose other daughters camber upon her. ... Although Akhenaten encouraged no change in the visual view of reality that Egyptian artists had been used to since the first Dynasty, some distinctive distortions were introduced. ... Apart from upwards of characteristics, this stela itself is also a significant example of art in the Amarna period, because during the reign of Akhenaten, the ancestral busts and similar god lings that protected the Egyptian household were replaced by little shrines built either in the chief room of the house or in the garden. ... How the Belief May Have Influenced the Visual Style As I mentioned before, although Akhenaten encouraged no change in the visual style of reality that Egyptian artists had been used to since the first Dynasty, some peculiar distortions were introduced, undoubtedly at his promptings, in the portrayal of the persons of the king, his chief queen, Nefertiti, and their 6 daughters; and even these traits tend to be moderated in the later years of his reign. ... There is another significant phenomena in the art of this period of time caused by the change of belief. |
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