Write several pages on Menkaure and his Queen [Culture: Ancient Egypt] addressing all four aspects of the work as instructed (function, significance, characteristics, cultural expression).

Write several pages on Menkaure and his Queen [Culture: Ancient Egypt] addressing all four aspects of the work as instructed (function, significance, characteristics, cultural expression). Longer and more detailed, fully explained essays receive better grades than minimal answers.
USE ONLY class lecture information and your own analysis in writing the essay. Do
NOT look up additional information online.

Menkaure and his queen (Khamerernebty)
#19 : Egypt, menkaure and his queen khamerernebty
Carved from gray diorite rock
4 ft. 8in. H
Just under lifesized
One foot is in front of the other (him)
His fists are balled
No emotion
Very static pose
Very little movement in his body
Gives no sense of time because of how static and emotionless he was
The egyptians HATED change
From about 2500 BCE
This same static, stiff pose is repeated throughout egyptian art
In regular Egyptian sculptures the women’s feet are aligned and together, but in menkaure’s, his wife’s feet are like his. This is very unusual
Assume that he had a particular attachment to her
The Ancient Egyptians invented idealized art
Idealization is used mainly for pharaohs and people in higher power
Gender hierarchy
He is more prominent
Her arms are around him symbolizing that He protects Her
She is relating to him and he is neutral to her
She is behind him. His shoulder is the one in front
He shows no dependence on her
Only a few times was Egypt ruled by a queen
Over 100 pharaohs and 6 queens
The last ruler was a queen (cleopatra)
The right side has been the more privileged side to stand on so that is where the pharaoh stood and the queen stood to his left
Only the front half 0f the figures is carved
Carved to be placed against a wall
Canon of proportions
The fist of the figure was the base

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