1. Art, Religion and Akhenaten
Tyrant or Visionary?
Continuity and Change
Historical Perspectives

2. Do you notice any changes in Egyptian art?
Statues
2530 BCE
2680 BCE

3. Changes?
1200 BCE
2400 BCE

4. Did portrayals of pharaohs change?
Kafra
2570 BCE
Hatshepsut
1470 BCE
Akhenaten
1340 BCE

5. Someone who is characterized by new ideas
Visionary
Someone who is characterized by new ideas
Tyrant
An oppressive, harsh ruler who governs without restrictions

6. The Original Main God Amun
Penn Museum, Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun, N.d., (Feb. 29, 2012). British Museum, Ancient Egypt, Gods and Goddesses, 1999, (Feb. 29, 2012).

7. The New Main God
Aten – the Sun Disk with protruding rays that have hands
BBC History, Ancient Egyptian Gods Gallery, Aten, 2011, (Feb. 29, 2012); British Museum, Ancient Egypt, Gods and Goddesses, 1999, (Feb. 29, 2012).

8. The Family Nykara and his family, Old Kingdom
The family of Akhenaten and Nefertiti
Kate Spence, Akhenaten and the Amarna Period, BBC History, 2011, (Feb. 29, 2012); Brooklyn Museum, Statue of Nykara and his Family, N.d., (Sept. 26, 2013).

9. Dad Head of Amenhotep III, father of Akhenaten
Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Head of Amenhotep III, 2012, (Feb. 29, 2012).

10. Nature
Metropolitan Museum, Heillbrunn Timeline of Art History Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck, 2012 (Feb. 29, 2012).

11. Roofless Temple at Amarna
University College London, Digital Egypt for Universities, Amarna: the main temple, 2002, (Feb. 29, 2012).

12. Temple Model Model of the Aten Temple at Amarna
Amarna Project, Tour of the Model, 2010, (Feb. 29, 2012).

13. Wife Exaggerated style
Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Relief of Nefertiti, 2012, (Feb. 29, 2012).

14. Natural Style Natural, subtle, in perspective
Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, A Royal Hand, 2012, (Feb. 29, 2012).

15. Son Head of Tutankhamun under the hand of Amun
Metropolitan Museum, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Head of Tutankhamun, 2012, (Feb. 29, 2012).

16. Father and Son? Father and Son?
National Geographic, Photo Gallery: Who Was King Tut’s Father? 2010, (Feb. 29, 2012).