Akhenaten Painting Style
1. Compare and contrast painting and sculpture from the Fourth Dynasty with that of the reign of Akhenaten.You must use the provided examples (your textbook) to support your essay.
In the Fourth Dynasty the art consisted of mainly architecture and sculptures. The famous pyramid structure during this time were more smooth on the sides because of their new layering technique, a good example in our book is figure 3.8 Model of the Great pyramids on page 57. One additional feature of the landmark of the Great pyramids is the Great Sphinx which is the following figure, figure 3.9 that is made from the same material as the pyramids. When it comes to statues and sculptures many of their human figures at this time were simply ageless and in an upright standing position or sitting on a throne for watching rituals and showing power. These statues were typically of royals such as a king and queen as you can see from figure 3.10 through 3.12 on pages 59 and 60. The characteristics in the statues were that they had wide …show more content…
These paintings had such a rich significance in their culture and relation with their concept of ka. The tomb paintings gave the dead an atmosphere to be a part in by preserving their memories and safeguarding the preservation of ka, which was a dead individual’s life force or spirit. These tombs gave a dwelling for ka to live in, and the paintings added to the enjoyment of ka. The paintings usually showed the social status of the individual, family portraits for the company of ka, and paintings of rituals for the dead in order to keep ka with unending food supply and allowed ka to remember and continue activities he or she enjoyed while alive. Along with the tomb painting they left messages in hieroglyphics for ka’s well being a good example of of the tomb painting are on page 64 figures 3.20 and
In the Fourth Dynasty the art consisted of mainly architecture and sculptures. The famous pyramid structure during this time were more smooth on the sides because of their new layering technique, a good example in our book is figure 3.8 Model of the Great pyramids on page 57. One additional feature of the landmark of the Great pyramids is the Great Sphinx which is the following figure, figure 3.9 that is made from the same material as the pyramids. When it comes to statues and sculptures many of their human figures at this time were simply ageless and in an upright standing position or sitting on a throne for watching rituals and showing power. These statues were typically of royals such as a king and queen as you can see from figure 3.10 through 3.12 on pages 59 and 60. The characteristics in the statues were that they had wide …show more content…
These paintings had such a rich significance in their culture and relation with their concept of ka. The tomb paintings gave the dead an atmosphere to be a part in by preserving their memories and safeguarding the preservation of ka, which was a dead individual’s life force or spirit. These tombs gave a dwelling for ka to live in, and the paintings added to the enjoyment of ka. The paintings usually showed the social status of the individual, family portraits for the company of ka, and paintings of rituals for the dead in order to keep ka with unending food supply and allowed ka to remember and continue activities he or she enjoyed while alive. Along with the tomb painting they left messages in hieroglyphics for ka’s well being a good example of of the tomb painting are on page 64 figures 3.20 and