112: Akhenaten 's Artistic Revolution

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Akhenaten (Part 5): Amarna Art. Around the time of his Sed-Festival, Amunhotep IV introduced a whole new form of artistic representation. Royal imagery was reworked from the ground up, including new proportions, displays and themes. In this episode, we explore the changes to relief and sculpture, and meet the artisans who put pharaoh's vision into practice... Time Period: c.1359 BCE (regnal year 4) King: Amunhotep IV (Nefer-kheperu-Re Wa-en-Re, Imen-Hetep) Queen: Nefertiti (Nefer-neferu-Aten Neferet-Iti) Locations: Thebes (Waset), Aswan (Elephantine). Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza (www.keithzizza.com). Join the Agora Podcast Network at the Intelligent Speech Conference AND get 5% off your order with the discount code EGYPT (https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/shop/). Select Bibliography: Cyril Aldred, Akhenaten King of Egypt, 1988. Dorothea Arnold, Lyn Green and James Allen, The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt, 1999 (MetMuseum). N. de Garis Davies, The Tomb of the Vizier Ramose, 1941. Archive.org. Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014. Earl L. Ertman, “Images of Amenhotep IV and Nefertiti in the Style of the Previous Reign,” in Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane, 2009 (Google Books). James K. Hoffmeier, Akhenaten & the Origins of Monotheism, 2015. Lise Manniche, The Akhenaten Colossi at Karnak, 2010. Dominic Montserrat, Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt, 2005. Donald B. Redford, Akhenaten: The Heretic King, 1987. Donald B. Redford, The Akhenaten Temple Project vol. II: Rwd-Mnw and Inscriptions, 1988. Donald B. Redford, “Akhenaten: New Theories, Old Facts,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (2013): 9-34. JSTOR. Nicholas Reeves, Akhenaten: Egypt’s False Prophet, 2005. Gay Robins, Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art, 1994. Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 1997. Ray Winfield Smith and Donald B. Redford, The Akhenaten Temple Project vol. I: Initial Discoveries, 1976. Joyce Tyldesley, Nefertiti’s Face: Creation of an Icon, 2018. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast.
0:27.4	Episode 112, Artistic Revolution.
0:31.6	Today we explore a strange phenomenon as Amun Hoteep 4th, aka Akanatin, upends centuries of tradition to explore
0:41.1	a bizarre new style of visual expression. Grab your turtlenecks, your glasses of wine, and your
0:47.1	astute observations. It's time to talk about Amarna art and all the wonders it provides.
0:53.6	This episode is brought to you by Stephen Bone
0:56.0	and Steve Lemire in gratitude for their donations to the podcast. Stephen, Steve, thank you kindly.
1:02.9	Your generosity is most appreciated and you help keep the show running. Offerings will be made to
1:08.6	Aten so that his blessings may shine down upon you and your household.
1:13.1	Also, thank you to Paige and Sandra, who became patrons of the podcast.
1:17.7	Paige, Sandra, you are too generous.
1:20.3	May the Aten hold life and power to your mouth so that you may breathe deeply of his gifts.
1:26.3	To everyone listening, thank you for joining me.
1:28.8	I hope you enjoy the show.
1:30.7	Oh, and I do recommend visiting the podcast website for this episode,
1:34.9	where you'll find images relating to the discussion.
1:37.8	Since we're talking about art and visuals,
1:40.3	it's probably going to help to have some pictures.
1:43.0	It's there if you want it.
2:04.2	The year was 1925.
2:07.9	In Italy, Mussolini was beginning his dictatorship.
2:12.2	The US saw the first publication of The New Yorker magazine. And in Germany, the Bauhaus School of Art was relocating from its original home in Weimar to the city of Desau.
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