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Published: 2007-01-29 14:07:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 3115; Favourites: 86; Downloads: 40
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I'm not a fan of ancient egyptian art. It is too monumental for my taste, but a period that stands out as an artistic exception during those 3000 years has to be the Amarna period of the 18th dynasty.The art of the Amarna period in Ancient Egypt usually depicted princesses with elongated skulls, something i found elegant.
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dry ink black pen on A4 fine grain paper
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Amazing draw.. i like it very much..
i really like the style!
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elegant indeed, i too am fascinated with ancient Egypt
this is marvelous and quite powerful, i love it
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Very nice.
I like the contrast between the head and the rest of the picture so much detailed.
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since im your lithuanian firend im gonna fav hos one
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You'll remember me when you're famous, yes?
I thought this was already in my favourites, dammit.
You DO have your own style, I can't wait til this semester's over so you can go on amazing people with all your sexy S&M drawings. hell yeah.
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Regarding elongated skulls: I share your thoughts on it. Thanks for the art history lesson: I forgot where the image came from for this painting here:
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Cheers
Otto
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U know, first time I saw this I though "Wut da'hell is so special in this" until I looked deep into the details. So creative
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This is a very interesting picture. I like the detail. I watched a doumentary a few years ago that said that a theory behind the depiction of the royal family with elongated skulls was because they had some sort of disorder called Marfan syndrome that was characterised by elongated limbs and skulls running through Akhenaten's family .
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yes, i read so too, but what's puzzling is that the princesses were depicted normally after the amarna period was over so they're not quite sure..
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I see. Did the same family rule after the Amarna period? That would explain why they stopped this style of art.
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yeah the same family did, but what made the amarna period distinctive was Akhenaten's (orginally Amenhotep IV) introduction to a new montheistic god "Aten". After is death, though, the old gods were worshipped again, later pharaohs even tried destroying any signs of Atenism.
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Oh! Fascinating! Should definitely read more about it. Thanks!
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It's great! I really love the way you drew the head
I'm amazed...
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i really missed your pen drawings! this is beautiful...very inspiring!
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thanks 
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