page_title: Amarna period
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Amarna period / References
context_page_description: The Amarna period was an era of Ancient Egypt in the last half of the Eighteenth dynasty.
  The royal residence of the pharaoh and his queen was shifted to Akhetaten in what is now Amarna. It was marked by the reign of Amenhotep IV, who changed his name to Akhenaten. This was to underline the dramatic change of Egypt's polytheistic religion into one where the sun disc Aten was worshipped over all other gods. Aten was not solely worshipped, but other gods were worshipped to a significantly lesser degree. The Egyptian pantheon of the equality of all gods and goddesses was restored under Akhenaten's successor.
  During Akhenaten's reign, royal portraiture changed. Sculptures of Akhenaten are different from those of earlier pharaohs. Akhenaten is shown in an androgynous and stylized manner, with large thighs, a slim torso, drooping belly, full lips, and a long neck and nose. Some believe that the break with convention was due to "the presence at Amarna of new people or groups of artists whose background and training were different from those of the Karnak sculptors".
context_section_description: Cothren, Michael and Stokstad, Marilyn: Art History. Prentice Hall, 2011.
  Arnold, Dorothea, James P. Allen, and L. Green. 1996. The Royal Women of Amarna: images of beauty from Ancient Egypt. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.
  Khanna, Aditi (2008-09-01). "Bodies found in the tomb of 'boy king' Tutankhamun's tomb are twin daughters". Times Online (London). Retrieved 2008-09-01.
caption: Princess of the Akhenaten family, Louvre, Paris.
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