Egyptian Art
New Kingdom 1550-1353 BCE
(Amarna period 1353-1335 BCE)
New Kingdom 1335-1069 BCE
Amarna period,1353-1335 BCE
Akhenaton, 1353-1335 BCE.
Introduced monotheism with only
Aten, the sun disk god.
In a hymn Akhenaten claims to have composed himself about the Aten:
"There is no other who knows you except your son, Akhenaten."
Depictions of Akhenaton suggest:
- Ma’at (the truth)?
-genetic problem? (Marfan's Syndrome?)
-Akhenaton shown as an androgynous
manifestation of Aten, the sexless sun disk?
(Aten: "The mother and father of all human kind.“)
Tiye, Akhenaton’s mother.
Nefertiti, Akhenaton’s wife. 1353-1335 BCE.
By Thutmose? Painted limestone
Cosmetic spoon for applying kohl
Akhenaton, Nefertiti and daughters,
1353-1335 BCE.
sunken relief.
Aten
A ray of the sun with a hand holding an
ankh, giving the breath of everlasting life
Tutankhamen
• Akhenaton’s youngest
brother? Or nephew? (or
Akhenaton’s son by a minor
wife, Kiya)
• Reigned 1333-1323 BCE.
Died at 18 (19?)
• Tomb opened 1922.
(5,000 objects, including the
pharaoh’s mummy and
sarcophagus, found.)
Inner Coffin of Tutankhamen,
1323 BCE. 6’1”
243-pound gold coffin, inlaid with glass and semiprecious stone
Wadjet (uraeus), the cobra,
Lower Egypt
Nekhebet, vulture, Upper Egypt
Both Upper and Lower Egypt
protecting the Pharaoh
Death mask of Tutankhamen,
1323 BCE
Replica of Tut’s mummy
Ankhesenamun.
Tuthankhamun’s wife,
Akhenaton and Nefertiti’s
daughter
Horemheb & wife
Late Period, 712-332 BCE
Mentuemhet,
Late Period