Nefertiti Akhenaten Analysis

There are two stone sculpture from the New Kingdom. One is in raised relief and of a man named Mai and his wife Urel. These two are not royalty but are relatives of a man named Ramose and this work is from his tomb. They are part of an image of guests seated at a banquet. The second is a sunk relief sculpture of a king from this same time period named Akhenaten. We see him here with his wife Nefertiti and his three daughters, his son was not in this sculpture. This essay focuses on why the stone sculptures will have very different characteristic and in the same period? And what is the fundamental reason behind that? Is historical or artistic style reasons for the changes?

Mai and his wife UREL have wheat-like hair, body in the same direction, both of them the same
Urel’s skirt leak her breast, has been covered to the foot. On the top, there are the amount of hieroglyphs, I can’t guess the specific meaning, but it did not reflect some religious elements.

Akhenaten his wife Nefertiti and his three daughters, no son in this sculpture, I don’t know the specific reason, but I think because his son will inherit his throne, it’s a threaten for him. the whole image, show the warm and harmonious family scene, under the God Aten. Akhenaten kiss his daughter, and the princess carried in Nefertiti’s arms watch her father. The other princess play with Nefertiti’s earrings. Akhenaten and Nefertiti face to face full of love for each other.

Akhenaten’s whole body is very thin, arms and lower legs are very thin, pendulous abdomen, long face, protruding eyes and spider-like fingers, the fingers are very slender, charming appearance. Moreover, the three princesses also have the same physical characteristics, you can see the princess is sagging abdomen, very long head. So I think this is a symptom due to a hereditary disease. And compare with Mai and his wife Nefertiti, this one has a very different