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Egyptian Reliefs, Murals and the Art of the Amarna Period – A BREAK WITH CONTINUITY

Egyptian Reliefs, Murals and the Art of the Amarna Period – A BREAK WITH CONTINUITY. Tomb of Ti. WHAT ARE THE FACTS ARTIST: TRADES PERSON PATRON: TI, PHAROAH TITLE: TI WATCHING A HIPOPOTAMUS HUNT PERIOD/STYLE: OLD KINGDON, EGYPT DATE: 2,500 5 TH DYNASTY LOCATAION: SAQARRA.

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Egyptian Reliefs, Murals and the Art of the Amarna Period – A BREAK WITH CONTINUITY

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  1. Egyptian Reliefs, Murals and the Art of the Amarna Period – A BREAK WITH CONTINUITY

  2. Tomb of Ti WHAT ARE THE FACTS ARTIST: TRADES PERSON PATRON: TI, PHAROAH TITLE: TI WATCHING A HIPOPOTAMUS HUNT PERIOD/STYLE: OLD KINGDON, EGYPT DATE: 2,500 5TH DYNASTY LOCATAION: SAQARRA What is the medium and technique? (M) BAS RELIEF, PAINTED LIMESTONE

  3. What is the artworks content / subject matter? (SM) The Pharaoh Ti, on a Hippo hunt WHY WAS IT CREATED (CA) • 1. PHYSICAL LOCATION • Ti’s mastabas in Saqarra • 2. PATRON • Ti – Pharaoh • 4. CONCEPTS AND IDEAS • The essential, controlled and godly nature of the deceased. • Eternal life in the afterworld • FUNCTION: A portrayal of the deceased eternal life in the afterlife, not a portrayal of his activities while alive

  4. How is the subject matter • visually represented? • How is the meaning/function visually conveyed(FA) • Size = rank – HIERARCHICAL • Emphasizes essential nature of the pharaoh in posture – does not capture likeness • Stiff and traditional pose contrasts with the naturalistic style of the servants and the animals • Hippos shown in frieze = narrative device • Ti does nothing, he simply is – a passive observer of the event – like his KA

  5. CANON OF PROPORTION • Ignored variations in body types and devised a system of proportion • Drew a grid on the wall • Placed specific body parts at specific points o the grid • Example: height was a fixed number of squares – each body part had a predetermined size

  6. Tomb of Nebamun: What difference in visual qualities do you see from Ti’s tomb? FACTS: SEE TEXT BOOK Date: End of New Kingdom Medium: FRESCOE

  7. SM: Nebamun Hunting FA: On a hunt but more active role and relaxed posture with movement Hierarchical scale and twisted perspective remain SM: Funerary banquet in Tomb FA: Two women facing forward Dancers are lower class Move in profile – not twisted 3. Attempted frontal pose of two musician Although family of Nebamun is presented formally the relaxation of the rest of the scene speaks to the loosening of the strict rules of representation in New Kingdom

  8. WHY WAS IT CREATED (CA) • 1. PHYSICAL LOCATION • Tomb of Nebaum • 2. PATRON • Nebaumn was a scribe not a pharaoh • 4. CONCEPTS AND IDEAS • Nebamun enjoying himself in afterlife • But asks viewers to recall how he got there • Symbol of hunting links him to Horus • An symbolize triumph over death and disorder. • Music and dance sacred to Hathor – who aids the dead in their passage to the other world • FUNCTION: YOU TELL ME!!!!

  9. Akhenaton and the Armana Period 1353-35BCE • Revolution in Egyptian society and religion • Akhenaton abandons polytheism for the worship of one god, Aton – sun disk god • HE GIVES HIMSELF THE NAME AKHENATON WHICH MEANS “ATON IS PLEASED” • Only he and wife Nefertiti could speak with Aton • Brings Profound Changes in art!!

  10. What is style? How does it Change? Statue of Akhenaton Statue of Kafre

  11. Why the Change in Style • Placed in Temple of Aton • His body is misshapen – narrow waist, weak arms, protruding belly, wide hips and thighs • Androgynous = a nod to Aton who had no human form, he was a sun disk • MEANING/FUNCTION OF STYLE CHANGE: An deliberate artistic reaction against the traditional style. NEW RELIGION = NEW STYLE

  12. Nefertiti’s a New Spiritual Beauty

  13. WHAT ARE THE FACTS ARTIST: TRADES PERSON PATRON: AKHENATON TITLE: AKHERNATON AND FAMILY PERIOD/STYLE: AMARNA DATE: 1350 MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE (M) BAS RELIEF, LIMESTON SUBJECT MATTER (SM) FAMILY PORTRAIT WITH THE GOD ATON

  14. HOW IS THE SUBJECT MATTER VISUALLY PRESENTED (FA) Gestures of tenderness Cobra in the center of Aton’s disk established him as supreme god His rays turn to ankhs, the symbol for life By their noses – they are breathing in Aton’s Breath of life WHAY WAS IT CREATED (CA) 1. PHYSICAL LOCATION Small portrait – for an alter in a home 2. PATRON Nebaumn was a scribe not a pharaoh 4. CONCEPTS AND IDEAS Love and domesticity Family united and blissful under the one and only true god, Aton Establishes Aton as supreme being with cobra symbol in the sun disk Meaning/Function (MF) – Symbolizing united rule of The pharaoh and his wife

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