ARH 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lapis Lazuli, Ankhesenamun, Thebes, Egypt
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Senmut, mortuary temple of hatshepsut, deir el-bahri, dyn. Xviii, c. 1473-1458 bce: new kingdom was best known by its great temples. Also echoes the hierarchies of egypt, limited access as you go through the rooms. Xviii, c. 1353-1335 bce: akenaton, tell el-amarna, dyn. Xviii, c. 1353-1335 bce: osiris pose, feminine curvy/curvatious contour, pouchy belly, subtly androgynous, comparable/contrastable to khafre. More elongated than block-like and heavy, makes him appear more weightless and light. This is the amarna style, revolutionary: akenaton eradicated the multiple gods and created monotheistic worship, sun disk aton. He was the only one who had this connection with the life forces of the aton: queen nefertiti, tell el-amarna, dyn. Xviii, c. 1353-1335 bce: dry limestone, painted in fresco, amarna style: long neck, long head, akenaton and family, tell el-amarna, dyn. Xviii, c. 1353-1335 bce: age old conventions exist, profile, frontal body, however the lines are still more curved rather than the historically straight lines.
