Akhenaten And Nefertiti Summary

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Aldred, Cyril. Akhenaten and Nefertiti. The Viking Press, 1973. This book focus on the period of Akhenaten’s reign. There are 3 chapters will be useful since they talk about the Amarna art and the belief during this period. The religion became monotheistic, which means people worship one god, the Atem, but after that, it came back to polytheism again. The author divides the Amarna Style in two period, he claims that in the early period, there were only a few changes about the human figure of the royal family, otherwise, there was almost nothing changed. Then, in the later phases of the Amarna style, the proportion changed, and the art was more expressive. There are about 6 pages will be useful for my