Akhnaton: An Artistic Revolutionary

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This paper examines the extent to which, within the ancient Egyptian worldview, art was a religious endeavour and expression. It looks at how Akhnaton's redefinition of religion had a profound impact on ancient Egyptian art, injecting it with a degree of realism never before seen.

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"The civilization of the Ancient Egyptians, encompassing art at its very core, was one borne out of religious and cultural beliefs and values. According to numerous art historians, archeologists and Egyptologists, within the context of Ancient Egyptian culture and religion, art was not a luxury or a pastime but, as Leslie A. White states, part and parcel of Ancient Egypt and its religious framework (91-92). Dietrick E. Thomeson explains this view even further, arguing that the fusion between art and religion was such in Ancient Egypt that it was the first, and one of the very few, if not only, countries in history in which artists and architects were state employees and bureaucrats."

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