ARTH 1380 1ST Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture - Old Kingdom- Middle Kingdom- New KingdomOutline of Current Lecture - Amarna Period - Cycladic Islands- New Palace Period Current Lecture- The Amarna Period is part of the 18 Dynasty - The Amarna Period includes reign of Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tutanjhamun and Ay- Akhenaten introduced the monotheistic idea to religion and worshiped Aten or sun disc- He closed the temples to other other gods - These changes only lasted until he reigned - Elongated art was the new form of art - The sculpture of him that is from a temple is 13 feet high there is still that familiar frontalview - Now the body is more curvy and the facial features are changed and he looks more feminine - The god Aten had male and female aspects so this could have influenced the art- Nefertiti the bust made of her was rather famous it also has the elongated style - The relief carving found of the family showed how the family was important for them - There is also a sun disc at the top - Affection is shown and intimacy as well in this art piece as well as gesture and movement different from previous Egyptian works - The children are also depicted as children and not like adults- The Bronze Age Aegean from 3000-1100 BCE- It was area around Greece - The main areas of Aegean land Cycladic Islands, Minoans, Akrotiri, and the Mycanaeans - The Cycladic Islands had plenty of artifacts that were found and they were made of stone- They were about a foot high and mostly female - They were painted but it has faded over time- The art is composed of geometric shapes- They were found in graves- Old Palace Period was from 1900-1700 BCE These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- There was construction of large palaces at various places of Crete- These palaces were destroyed by an earthquake and there are little remains- New Palace Period was from 1700- 1450 BCE- This period consisted of the building of new palaces and the flourishing of Minoan culture and art - The Middle Minoan ashlar masonry they are carved out ashlar and dress stone this marked a change in the way of building - There was pottery found in the palace and the texture was organic- The palace at Knossos looks good after thousands of years but it is heavily reconstructed- The Horns of Consecration Is a huge stone it unclear what it represents but it might be a hieroglyph - Inside the palace at Knossos there is a central courtyard - There is a cluster of important rooms they have elaborate architecture and partisan walls - This is part of a mythical story of Minos and a labyrinth with a mystical creature that is half bull half human - There is no sign that there was ever a king that controlled the land- There is however a throne room with mythical creatures - The Grandstand is a painting where the architecture of the palace can be seen and it is believed to be in the courtyard - There are rows of red people drawn and female figures in the middle - The fact that the women are in the middle suggests that they had an important public role- The women are wearing fancy dresses- The women are depicted usually as lighter skin and the men with darker skin - There is a famous painting with bull leaping they were fragments that were found and pieced together and painted in the areas that parts were missing - This is fairly realistic but the curved of the line changes this - Women were seen as more powerful and were given special privileges - There is a possibly that this might have happened Key TermsMonotheistic- the belief of only one
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