ART HIS 40A Lecture 9: Ancient Egypt 3 - The New Kingdom
Document Summary
Entrance pylons at karnak, avenue of sphinxes. Nileometers check nile"s flooding, noted in hieroglyphics. Central columns are taller that side allows roof to have windows. Represent papyrus swamp (origin of cosmos), in center of creation. Unfinished obelisk of queen hatshepsut, aswan quarry. One of a pair of colossal statues of amenhotep iii, called by romans the colossi of memnon . Sobek and amenhotep iii offering ankh of life. Amenhotep iii and queen tiye, with princess henuttaneb, cairo. Yuw wood, gold, lapis lazuli, faience silver, alabaster. Ahkenaten (previously ahkenamen), son of amenhotep iii and tiye (ca. 1350 bce) first monotheist aten is the only god. Shut down thebes, luxor, etc. temples up and down nile people lose jobs. Androgynous hips, breasts, elongated face (more feminine features), front of stomach swells out perhaps disease (marfan syndrome) Merging male and female (aten"s son and representative) Queen nefertiti, wife of ahkenaten flower symbolism (curvilinear)
