ART HIS 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ka Statue, Great Sphinx Of Giza, Kilt
28 Oct 2016
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Statue of khafre, funerary complex of khafre, giza, egypt. Bodies of the pharaohs are completely idealized (there are no exceptions to this) Naturalistic form: not realistic since it is highly conventionalized i. e. generic perfect body. Much easier to read if it is consistent. In order to maintain ma"at: pharaonic pleaded kilt, shapely and muscular legs, seated on a throne. Postured with very many right angles: this allows the king to look static/unmoving (because of straight lines and right angle) Upper classes and royalty embraced the eternal quality that comes with being static/unchanging. Lions have a royal connotation: lion hunt in the assyrian context was a royal activity and also very important to egyptians. Sematawy is a symbol that represents the united 2 lands of egypt: bc shows two plants intertwining flowering sedge and the papyrus plant, symbol on the side of the throne (foliage and plantlike)
