... to Akhenaton, "He who is effective on the behalf of Aten." Just as siginificantly he liberated Egypt from convention. He had been described as a "mystic, a dreamer, a religious fanatic, and pacifist. Egypt, having followed is ancient radition for thousands of years, did not easily accept his revolutionary ideas. Akhenaton's religious reforms, which historians call the Amarna Revolution, led to an outpouring of art and sculpture that glorified the Aton. An example of the new artistic freedom can be seen with limestone relief Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Their Children Worshipping the Sun. Instead of the traditional idealized bodies, during Akhenaton's reign, bodies where portrayed naturally. One is able to see the physical distortions that artist put in. There wasn't an emphasis on rigid and dignified poses, but the was a sort of casualness and intimacy chared within the releifs. In the relief Akhenaten, Nefertiit, and Their Children Worshipping the Sun, ...

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