Category:Amarna art

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<nowiki>Amarnska umetnost; Art amarnian; art amarnien; അമർണാശില്പങ്ങൾ; arte amarniense; Arte amarniana; Amarnakunsten; Amarna-kunst; art d'Amarna; Амарнское искусство; Amarna-Kunst; 아마르나 예술; Amarna art; فن العمارنة; 阿马纳风格; Amarnos menas; estilo de arte predominante durante el periodo amarniense en el Antiguo Egipto; art de l'Égypte antique; fase artistica nell'antico Egitto; art style predominant during the Amarna Period in Ancient Egypt; أسلوب اتُبع في حقبة العمارنة أثناء فترة حكم إخناتون وبعدها مباشرةً نحو 1351ق.م-1334ق.م في أواخر حكم الأسرة الثامنة عشر أثناء حقبة المملكة المصرية; stilretning innen egyptisk oldtidskunst; Kunst aus der Zeit des altägyptischen Pharaos Echnaoton; Amarna art; Amarna-Stil</nowiki>
Amarna art 
art style predominant during the Amarna Period in Ancient Egypt
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The Ancient Egyptian art style known as Amarna Art was a style of art that was adopted in the Amarna Period (i.e. during and just after the reign of Akhenaten in the late Eighteenth Dynasty, and is noticeably different from more conventional Egyptian art styles.

It is characterized by a sense of movement and activity in images, with figures having raised heads, many figures overlapping and many scenes are crowded and very busy.

The illustration of hands and feet were obviously thought to be important, shown with long and slender fingers, and great pains were gone to be show fingers and finger nails. Flesh was shown as being dark brown, for both males and females (contrasted with the more normal dark brown for males and light brown for females) - this could merely be convention, or depict the ‘life’ blood. As is normal in Egyptian art, commoners are shown with 2 left feet (or 2 right feet).

The depiction of the Royal Family is often seen as being informal, intimate and with a family closeness, but this hides the conventions of the style. Central to most scenes is the disc of the Aten, shining down on the Royal Family and literally giving life and prosperity to Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Royalty are shown with left and right feet, each with a big toe.

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