Statue of Menkaure and Statue of Kroisos
Throughout the ages different cultures have many aspects in common in there artwork. Ancient greek artists The statue of menkaure & khamerernebty from ancient egypt and the grave statue of kroisos from ancient greece are both artworks with similarities such as subject and purpose.but they also differ by a few aspects in style medium and meaning.
The statue of menkaure & khamerernebty is a good example of early funerary art in ancient egypt. The statue of king menkaure was made for his pyramid complex in giza as a substitute home for his ka. The statue depicted menkaure standing slightly in front of his wife Khamerernebty. Menkaure's pose, that has commonly been seen in many other egyptian statues, is portrayed as stiffly facing forward with his arms hanging straight down against his body. The hands are clenched into fists with the thumbs facing forward. He is shown with his left foot forward. Menkaure was portrayed wearing the typical royal headdress and clothing with artificial goatee and having an emotionless facial
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expression. King menkaure's wife Khamerernebty was portrayed standing just like he is except her right arm is wrapped around him holding him from the side slightly behind him. Her left foot also in front of her right. The statue of Kroisos represents one of the types of funerary art from Ancient Greece around 530 BCE.
the statue was made for and depicts a warrior by the name of Kroisos who died a hero in battle. He was buried in a city/town called Anavysos near the city of Athens. Kroisos is portrayed in a frontal facing stance toward the viewer with a very natural look, like the egyptian statue of king Menkaure. The body proportions and head shape are more realistic than other statues from ancient greece.The statue of kroisos is made of one solid piece of marble and was chiseled out. He is depicted nude with his arms hanging down alongside his hips and torso. His hands are clenched lightly and the thumbs are facing forward. It looks like he may have been holding something at one point as well. Kroisos has an almost emotionless facial expression with an archaic smile,wide eyes and good amount of detail in the
artpiece. In both The statue of Menkaure & Khamerernebty and the statue of Kroisos, the figures are portrayed motionless and stiff facing a frontal view. the statues both serve a funerary purpose as gravestones. Both are carved and chiseled out of a single piece of solid material such as stone or marble. Both statues are portrayed in a naturalistic form which makes it more realistic in nature. The statues of Kroisos and the statue of Menkaure both have wide eyes that the ancient egyptian and the ancient greek artists favored. In contrast the statue of kroisos is nude with more detail and an archaic smile which is common ummon art in ancient greece. Meanwhile the statue of Menkaure & Khamerernebty are depicted clothed in the typical clothing for their culture. While Kroisos parents paid for and erected his erected his statue in memorial of him, Menkaure’s servants made the statue for him as a substitute body for his spirit in the afterlife. The statue of Menkaure was made by the servants for their ruler meanwhile, the statue of Kroisos was made by an sculptors his parents hired as a memorial to his heroism. So the statue of Menkaure & khamerernebty from ancient egypt and the statue of kroisos from ancient greece serve the same funerary purpose in a way.
These two statues are famous to the Egyptian art era. They represent the woman’s position and the man’s position at that day and age. Traditionally, the rulers of Egypt were male. So, when Hatshepsut, Dynasty 18, ca. 1473-1458 B.C., assumed the titles and functions of king she was portrayed in royal male costumes. Such representations were more for a political statement, rather than a reflection of the way she actually looked. In this sculpture, she sits upon a throne and wears the royal kilt and the striped nemes (NEM-iss) headdress with the uraeus (cobra) and is bare chested like a man. However, she does not wear the royal beard, and the proportions of her body are delicate and feminine.
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There are many similarities between the sculpture of the kouros and King Menkaure and His Queen. Since the Greeks used the same technique as the Egyptians, the statue of the kouros is posed stiffly with his arms straight down at his sides in the same manner that Egyptian pharaohs were often depicted. His left foot is slightly in front of the right, just as King Menkaure’s left foot is. Both figures are looking straight ahead, have their feet planted on the ground, and have long hair. The kouros represented the ideal form of a young male to the Greeks, just as the figures of King Menkaure and his queen depict the ideal notion of beauty to the Egyptians. The kouros emulates the stiff pose
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