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The Amarna Period is characterized by religious and artistic innovation. Learn how to distinguish the main features of art from the reign of Akhenaten from earlier and later Egyptian art.
The Amarna Period is known for its religious iconoclasm.
Amarna Art Shows Only One God
One of the most distinctive aspects of Egyptian iconography is the appearance of the king and others worshipping other gods and goddesses. They usually stand with raised palms or present incense and other offerings to the deities.
But not so for Akhenaten. Depending on who you ask, Akhenaten was either an iconoclast or the world’s first monotheist. He banned the worship of all gods besides the Aten, who was a representation of the sun disk. This affected iconography of the period, as only the Aten appeared in Amarna art. Sun rays usually extended from the sun to Akhenaten in these depictions. The tips of these rays either were hands or the Egyptian hieroglyph for “life”, the ankh.
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