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1 online resource (xxi, 169 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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During a brief seventeen-year reign (ca. 1353-1336 B.C.) the pharaoh Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten, founder of the world's first known monotheistic religion, devoted his life and the resources of his kingdom to the worship of the Aten (a deity symbolized by the sun disk) and thus profoundly affected history and the history of art. The move to a new capital, Akhenaten/Amarna, brought essential changes in the depictions of royal women. It was in their female imagery, above all, that the artists of Amarna departed from the traditional iconic representations to emphasize the individual, the natural, in a way unprecedented in Egyptian art. A picture of exceptional intimacy emerges from the sculptures and reliefs of the Amarna Period. Akhenaten, his wife Nefertiti, and their six daughters are seen in emotional interdependence even as they participate in cult rituals. The female principle is emphasized in astonishing images: the aging Queen Mother Tiye, the mysterious Kiya, and Nefertiti, whose painted limestone bust in Berlin is the best-known work from ancient Egypt - perhaps from all antiquity. The workshop of the sculptor Thutmose - one of the few artists of the period whose name is known to us - revealed a treasure trove when it was excavated in 1912. An entire creative process is traced through an examination of the work of Thutmose and his assistants, who lived in a highly structured environment. All was left behind when Amarna was abandoned after the death of Akhenaten and the return to religious orthodoxy. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
Chronology: The Amarna Period -- Genealogy: The Royal Family of Amarna -- Map of Egypt -- Religion of Amarna / James P. Allen -- Royal Women of Amarna: Who was Who / L. Green -- An Artistic Revolution: The Early Years of King Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten / Dorothea Arnold -- Workshop of the Sculptor Thutmose / Dorothea Arnold -- Aspects of the Royal Female Image During the Amarna Period / Dorothea Arnold -- Youth and Old Age: The Post-Amarna Period / Dorothea Arnold. |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Watson Library Digital Collections Fulltext Titles (Customizable) |
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Amenhotep III, King of Egypt -- Family -- Art -- Exhibitions.
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Amenhotep III, King of Egypt. |
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Families. |
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Portrait sculpture, Egyptian -- Egypt -- Tell el-Amarna -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait sculpture, Egyptian. |
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Egypt -- Tell el-Amarna. |
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Portrait sculpture, Ancient -- Egypt -- Tell el-Amarna -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait sculpture, Ancient. |
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Queens -- Egypt -- Tell el-Amarna -- Portraits -- Exhibitions.
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Queens. |
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Portraits. |
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Princesses -- Egypt -- Tell el-Amarna -- Portraits -- Exhibitions.
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Princesses. |
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Electronic books.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Print version: Arnold, Dorothea. The royal women of Amarna. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, ©1996 (DLC) 96034517 (OCoLC)35292712 |
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0870998161 (hardcover) |
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9780870998164 (hardcover) |
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0870998188 (paperback) |
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9780870998188 (paperback) |
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0810965046 (Abrams) |
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9780810965041 (Abrams) |
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