After viewing the statue of Memi and Sabu and the seated statue of Gudea‚ some similarities can definitely be found but digging deeper‚ other meanings are there as well. It was common in the fourth Dynasty for sculptures and statues to be made to honor the dead or to ensure that they are well known and remembered for future generations. Many different areas of the world practiced this and hence there are quite a few styles and materials used‚ as well as the overall meaning and purpose of its creation
Premium Ancient Egypt God Egypt
Acquaintances Memi and Sabu’‚ it depicts a young man and woman who seem to know each other very well. It can be said that they are more than acquaintances with Memi’s left hand‚ directly on Sabu’s breast. ‘Statue of Gudea’ was created some four hundred years later‚ if not more‚ and is of Gudea who ruled Lagash in southern Mesopotamia around 2150-2125 BC. It depicts him seated with folded arms as if in meditation. According to The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ “One of the primary aims of Mesopotamian art
Premium Sculpture Ancient Egypt Statue
KHAFRA (Khafre) Khafre was an ancient egyptian pharaoh of during the Old Dynasty. He was the son of Khufu‚ the predecessor of Djedefre‚ his half-brother and his successor Menkaure. Khafre was the builder of the second largest pyramid in Giza. Some of the egyptologists also credit him with the building of the Great Sphinx‚ but this is highly disputed. We do not know much about Khafre except the historical reports of Herodotus which describe Khafre as a cruel and heretic ruler for closing the
Premium Ancient Egypt Egypt
photographs also made me more interested in the art itself. For this assignment I decided to compare “Seated Statue of Gudea” and “Statue of Eros Sleeping”. Fist‚ the “Seated statue of Gudea” is from 2150–2100 B.C. the Neo-Sumerian period. It is a 44cm tall Diorite statue. The description at the museum mentioned that this sculpture belongs to a series of diorite statues commissioned by Gudea‚ who was a Mesopotamian king. He rebuilt the great temples of Lagash and installed statue of himself in the temple
Premium Art Sculpture Art critic
Seated Statue of Gudea. In this paper I will look at where they come from‚ the assumed intended purpose and the lasting fascination with objects from the past. Looking at the Statue of Memi and Sabu‚ we can see visually it is from the Egyptian era‚ according to the website given we see it is made of “carved limestone” (The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (n.d.)). It shows a woman and a man side by side‚ holding each other. Looking at the other statue‚ the statue of Gudea is from Mesopotamia
Premium Ancient Egypt Ancient Rome Egypt
Statue of Memi and Sabu shows to persons‚ one man and one woman standing beside each other. The man is taller and in both people only part of their body is covered. Seated Statue of Gudea represents a person who is seated and his cloth covers all his body. The person is a man. In the first one‚ the sculpture is lighter and uses a brighter color. In the second one‚ the sculpture uses curvy lines and it sounds like they have used more advanced tools or techniques to make it since it is clear the second
Premium Sculpture Statue English-language films
The Compare and Contrast of Two Statues Upon first glance of the two statues‚ “The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu” and “The Statue of Gudea‚” their similarities and differences may not be quite apparent to the eye of an observer. However‚ when taking a closer look into the style of the pieces‚ as well as into the finer details and‚ in these examples specifically‚ the body positioning‚ we can delve into a deeper understanding of what the artists intended for us to see and feel from their creations
Premium Art Sculpture Nonverbal communication
need to leave an impression on their world. Looking at the example of the statues of Gudea from the Neo-Sumerian period and the Temple of Ramses II from the New Kingdom of Egypt in the 19th dynasty‚ will show how both rulers of these times chose to commemorate their life’s work and what insight those choices give current civilizations into the mind-set of their respective cultures. The "Seated statue of Gudea‚ holding temple plan‚" also known as "The architect with a plan‚" is an excellent example
Premium Ancient Egypt Ramesses II Mesopotamia
The Pyramids of Giza were built during 2550 to 2490 B.C. The three names of the pyramids of Giza are Khufu‚ Khafre‚ and Menkaure. They are located on the Giza plateau ‚ outside of the city of El Giza‚ Egypt. The Pyramid of Khufu is the tallest of the three pyramids(481 ft). It´s the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu. The pyramid took about 14-20 years to complete and was completed around 2560 BC. It’s made up of about 2‚300‚000 stone blocks‚ each one weighing 2-30 tons. The pyramid of Khufu is the only 8 sided
Premium Ancient Egypt Egypt Great Pyramid of Giza
considerably smaller than the Pyramids around it. Despite conflicting evidence and viewpoints over the years‚ the traditional view held by modern Egyptologists at large remains that the Great Sphinx was built in approximately 2500 BC by the pharaoh Khafre‚ the supposed builder of the second pyramid at Giza. It is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion’s body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza‚ Egypt
Premium Ancient Egypt Egypt