NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Narmer Palette, Narmer, Art Of Ancient Egypt
22 Nov 2017
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If it is a man wearing a mask, artist makes mask transparent. Viewpoint: profile for every part of body, except for the eye and the torso, which face the front. Line of priest image: guy wearing anubis mask is held/ being helped; heavy and hard to see. When human shaped but with an animal head, representation of a god. Images often changed in order to preserve the story (coffin in the front, king in the front, etc. ) Register lines: put a line under a series of people; organization of image. Every now and then, artist will face people towards each other (usually all facing same way) However, if its two groups of farmers facing each other harvesting, then the right one facing left happens before the left one facing right. Osiris shown black: to represent the black, fertile soil land ( black land ) Osiris shown green: to represent green nature; promise of resurrection (because plants come back to life)
