Imagine being in a museum and you see Nefertiti’s bust would you know who she is? The majority of the people that go to museums want to know the culture of the place they are currently in and if they take tours they do not give them the whole story they just give a synopsis of what the person did. The website History article Nefertiti says that the beauty of her bust is only skin deep and the way it looks is just the exterior but in the interior of the surface of her bust it is painted more realistic (Nefertiti). The bust received CT scans in 2009 and because of that they believe that underneath there is a limestone carving of a woman with wrinkled cheeks and a bump on her nose (Nefertiti). Her bust is the most iconic thing to come out of her …show more content…
era because they did not believe that such a masterpiece would be coming out of that era. She was the most powerful and beautiful queen of her time and she sure made an impact on not only her era but in the incoming generations both in the history books and in sculptors. Nefertiti was the queen of Egypt and the wife a pharaoh name Akhenaten who ruled for 17 years in the 14th century BCE and around the 12th year Nefertiti disappeared from the depictions in history books and drawings and people do not know exactly why (Nefertiti Biography).
Some of the scholars from today believe that Nefertiti died but there are others that believe that she became a Pharaoh after her husband died because her husband always made her his equal, so when he died people of that time assumed that she became the Pharaoh Smenkhkare (Nefertiti Biography). Nefertiti’s name means that of “a beautiful woman has come” (Nefertiti Biography) and later on when her husband changed Egypt’s God Amon to Aten she added the name Neferneferuaten and her whole name meant, “Beautiful are the beauties of Aten, a Beautiful Woman has come” (Nefertiti). She was very powerful and people read about her in history books and when they go places they can learn about her in museums and in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin they have an entire room set aside for Nefertiti (Society for the Promotion). Her bust has her own room in the Egyptian Berlin Museum but its’ only company is by James Simon because he was the one that funded the excavations of Amarna, even though Ludwig Borchardt was the one that found the bust, and he divided the artifacts that his people found un Egypt. Some of the artifacts that were found in excavation were divided between Egypt and Germany so Nefertiti’s bust was then sent to Berlin (Society for the
Promotion). The time of her bust discovery is hard to find out since in some of the websites it says she was found in 1912 by an Egyptian worker that was digging alongside the banks of the Nile (Tharoor). In other websites it states that she was found was on December 6. 1913, by a German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt and his team in which they discovered the sculpture upside-down buried in sandy rubble of an excavated workshop of the royal sculptor Thutmose in Amarna (Nefertiti). When Nefertiti’s bust was found it gained traction and became a global phenomenon since it was able to be preserved alongside its’ features for so many thousands of years (Nefertiti). It is believed that her bust was sculpted by the court sculptor Thutmose in his studio in Amarna and that she stood there as his model (Society for the Promotion). One of the main controversies of the Nefertiti bust is that it belongs to Egypt not Berlin since it is of their queen Nefertiti. In Egypt there has been an outcry of the replica they have made of Nefertiti. In Figure 1 it shows the replica that they made and the bust of Nefertiti that is in the Berlin Museum
These two statues are famous to the Egyptian art era. They represent the woman’s position and the man’s position at that day and age. Traditionally, the rulers of Egypt were male. So, when Hatshepsut, Dynasty 18, ca. 1473-1458 B.C., assumed the titles and functions of king she was portrayed in royal male costumes. Such representations were more for a political statement, rather than a reflection of the way she actually looked. In this sculpture, she sits upon a throne and wears the royal kilt and the striped nemes (NEM-iss) headdress with the uraeus (cobra) and is bare chested like a man. However, she does not wear the royal beard, and the proportions of her body are delicate and feminine.
The Greeks named the city Hierakonpolis, or “City of the Falcon”, in reference to a local god. The falcon god was the predecessor of Horus, the god of order and symbol of Egypt’s kings. Nekhen’s rulers received both ideological and political power through their link with, or personification of, Horus. A statue of Horus placed upon a pole, guarded a large and colorful shrine in the middle of Nekhen where worshippers deposited their sacrificial offerings. The ideological power exuded by Nekhen made it an important spiritual destination. Political power was also expressed in the tombs of the elites and rulers. Tomb 100, located in a cemetery outside of Nekhen, is a royal tomb with painted walls that show how the occupant fought against chaos and upheld the ideals of Horus. Palettes found in Nekhen, similar to the Narmer palette, illustrated the military prowess of rulers and were likely tools of propaganda used to proclaim superior political power over rival
Venus is a term that has long been associated with artwork, most specifically the classical forms of beautiful women. The term Venus has also come to represent female sculptures of the Paleolithic era. The most notable of these female sculptures is the Venus of Willendorf, 24,000-22,000 BCE. The age of the figurine has been changed several times. Originally when found the date was estimated to be 15,000 to 10,000 BCE. During the 1970’s the time period was adjusted to 25,000 to 20,000 BCE; the date was again recalculated in the 1980’s to 30,000 to 25,000 BCE; the most recent estimate of age was in the 1990’s and was placed at 24,000 to 22,000 BCE after scientific research was performed on the rock stratification. This statuette was discovered by Josef Szombathy in 1908 near the town of Willendorf, Austria, in an Aurignacian loess deposit, which loosely defined is a yellow brown loamy geological deposit dating to the Paleolithic period. The name Venus was first associated with the figurine as a joke. The small, crudely carved statuette of an obese woman contrasts heavily from the graceful classical forms of sculpture such as Aphrodite of Cnidos, Praxiteles, 350 BCE. Although it would be difficult to associate the word beautiful with this statuette, there can be no doubt that it reflects the female form. The statuette has also been known as “la poire” or “the pear” due to its size and shape and more recently was donned the Woman from Willendorf. The removal of the title Venus served to take away the figurine’s status of goddess and lower it to the human level, therefore allowing more consideration of the figurine’s purpose (Witcombe, sec. 3).
The difference is that one is considered a goddess and the other is known to be a prostitute. The goddess is depicted with a chunky body and the prostitute's body has a sensual nature. She is lying on an oriental stole on a couch. She is wearing pearl earrings, a choker around her neck, and a bracelet on her arm, a flower in her hair and the kind of shoes she has on confirms the idea that she is a lady of the night life, along with the black cat that symbolizes that she is a prostitute. Another difference is that there's a maid standing right next to her fully dressed. as if to make you more aware of her nudity. She is holding flowers and has a blank look on her face. The public or the critics could not accept or understand why he would replace a goddess with a prostitute. Also it was not the nudity that appalled people; this was common and had been for centuries but only in a different perspective. The viewers were scandalized by the brazen look on her face. It had more of a bold challenging look. The painting made a bold stand and was too much to accept. The people were so upset by it that the administration had to take extra safety measures to keep the
Ancient Egypt is home to one of the greatest female pharaoh. Queen Hatshepsut. She was the first female pharaoh and did great things.
After the of Ay Horemheb became the Pharaoh of Egypt and his wife Mutnodjmet (Which may or may not be Nefertiti’s sister.) became the queen. Horemheb thought that Horus sent him to become Pharaoh so that he can restore Egypt of what it used to be. Very soon after he became Pharaoh he wanted the old religion to be restored so, he reopened all of the Temples of Amun back up. He was very skeptical of appointing the old priest back so he just made trusted military figures the priest. Horemheb started to destroy the Aten temples and reusing the materials for other buildings. As Pharaoh Horemheb was becoming less of a military man so he decided to split the give control to two commanders, one to control lower Egypt and one to control the
Remains one of the best known of the queens of Egypt. Nefertiti, which means a beautiful woman has come. "Ahenaton's own words describe Nefertiti: "The hereditary princess, great of favor, Mistress of happiness, gay with the two feathers, at hearing whose voice one rejoices, soothing the hart of the king at home, pleased at all that is said, the great and beloved wife of the king, lady of the two lands, Neferu-aton Nefertiti, living forever"(Spoore 2000). Nefertiti achieved a prominence unknown to other Egyptian queens. Her name is enclosed in a royal cartouche (Spoore 2000). The famous statue of Nefertiti, found in a sculptor's workshop in Akhetaten, is one of the most recognizable icons from that period of history. It has escaped the excesses of the Amarna artistic style, and survived the wholesale destruction of Akhenaten's monuments after his death. (Tyldesley 1999).
Egyptian art is infamous across the world - classified by the monumental pyramids, and the Sphinx. Although these are both valid forms of Egyptian art, they do not make up the entire artistic history of the country. On the contrary, perhaps the most replicated example of classic Egyptian art, from the Old Kingdom, can be found in their rendering of the human form. An interest in portraiture developed early in Egypt. (Gardner, 75) Whether painted on pottery, or cut into rock, the figures all had notably Egyptian characteristics. "The seated statue is one of only a very small number of basic formulaic types employed by the sculptors of the Old Kingdom." (Gardner, 75)
The Bust of Nefertiti, a sculpture of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, was created around 1340 BC by the royal sculptor Thutmose in the ancient city of Achet-Aton, now called Amarna. German excavators found it on December 6, 1912 buried in the workshop of the sculptor along with many other model heads. The Nefertiti Bust is believed by many to be a symbol of pure beauty because after 3300 years the model head has maintained its original color and shape.
The Bust of Nefertiti is a fourteenth century BC treasure. Egyptian sculptor Thutmose created the bust in 1345 B.C. There is almost no information on the life of Thutmose. The bust is made from limestone with a thin layer of plaster cover the entire bust. Sculpting during this time period usually involves wood, clay or metals. The use of limestone indicates that the sculptor is trying to enhance the image of Queen Nefertiti. Using limestone allows Thutmose to make her cheekbones more defined, fix any imperfection in her skin, specifically the area surrounding her mouth and fix the uneven marks on the Queen’s nose. Today, there is a medical procedure in cosmetic surgery with the name, “The Nefertiti
The figures, both seated and standing are depicted according to traditional Egyptian conventions. Nebamun is painted as the largest figure in the painting because he is the most significant . He is standing in perfect balance with a youthful, well proportioned and defined body. The artist has painted Nebamun in a way that emphasises what the Egyptians believed to be the most important parts of a man’s body. Teeter expands upon this.
The Egyptians were big lovers of all beauty and fashion. They were such lovers of beauty that some of their names were based on the word ‘nefer’, which means beautiful. Examples of such were Nefert, Nefertiti, and Nefertari. The goddess associated with adornment was “Hathor the Golden”, who is seen as the ideal of beauty in love and poetry of the time.
Bastet was one of the most recognised and longest worshipped Egyptian Goddesses. She was originally known as 'Bast' in Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta region.
Because of the time period in which Cleopatra lived not very much is known of her. In ancient times there was record keeping. Although many of the accounts written down were not preserved well enough to be available to this day.
...n 1163 B.C., Egypt entered a period of slow decline (Scarre 1997:116). Pharaohs became less powerful, and their prestige dwindled. Hungry soldiers were terrorizing the community, while tomb robbers were raiding the pyramids for resources that were very much needed. They had buried their pharaohs with food, goods and jewelry, all of which were needed to keep the civilization in tact. They had built too many pyramids, and there were setbacks in Asia which corrupted trade. People did not understand why the pharaohs could not fix the problems that were going on. They viewed them as gods and lost trust and faith. Egypt fell apart as these things culminated with loss of belief in the pharaohs.