Why is the Amarna Period regarded as revolutionary in Egyptian history?

Question

Why is the Amarna Period regarded as revolutionary in Egyptian history? How does art of the period reflect revolutionary ideas?

Answer 1

the "Amarna period" gets its name from a place now called Tell al Amarna. It was the site of the capital of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaton.

It is revolutionary in that Akhenaton tried to overthrow the tradition religion of Egypt and its structures, and to replace it with the monotheistic religion of Aton, the sun disk.

Art of that period is less conventional and more realistic than most Egyptian production, more allegorical and symbolic too.
Famous pieces include the bust head of Queen Nefertiti, kept in Berlin IIRC, and a stela where one sees the Sun sending its rays reaching down with little hands for an adoring Akhenaton.

Answer 2

The amarna era replaced into while King Akhenaten belived in one god different than a panoply of gods. That motives his downfall yet replaced into the initiating of monotheistic concept even nonetheless he concept God replaced into the sunlight. i think of that i could could trust him because of the fact the sunlight is what makes existence in the international.