8 сент 2490 г. до нашей эры - Menkaura and Queen

Описание:

Date: 2,490 BCE ~ 2,472 BCE

Artist: unkown

Medium: Greywacke

Location:
original: Valley Temple, Giza
current: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Function:
- Communicates the divinity & absolute power of the ruler
- Hierarchy of scale further emphasizes his power over the Egyptian people
- to reach the afterlife

Form:
- carved greywacke figures
- backed into stone wall
- both have individualized & youthful features
- both are nude in the upper body
- both are idealized

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