This Period extends from 1570 to 1342 B.C. It can
be viewed as the final development of the classic Egyptian style of the
Middle era, a combination of the monumental forms of the Old and the drive
and inspiration of the Middle
Ahmose in 1522 B.C, began a series of conquests that would bring Egypt
peace and prosperity.
During the Amarna era (1372-1350 B.C.) a free and delicate style developed
with many naturalistic tendencies and a new sense of life and movement.
In sculpture the new style was carried to the point of caricature, e.g.,
in the colossal statue of Akhenaton (Cairo).
The Ramesside era (1314-1085 B.C.) saw an attempt to return to the classic
formalism of the earlier New Kingdom, but the vitality that characterized
that time could not be recovered.
