The Colossal Statue of Ramesses II shows Ramesses in the customary pharaonic pose. He is sitting on a cubic throne with his hands on his thighs, wearing the nemes headdress, and he has a fake beard. Ramesses II is totally nude except for a skirt-like piece of clothing. Ramesses II looks very masculine and he has a very muscular body. There are many different inscriptions carved all over the Colossal Statue of Ramesses II. The different names and titles of Ramesses II are carved on the his belt buckle and on the back and side of the throne. Each side of the throne also has images that represent "the union of the two lands". …show more content…
This figure is bilaterally symmetrical which means the left side is a mirror image of the right side. The statue of Ramesses is facing forward which is called frontalism. The false beard that Ramesses has is stylized with a zigzag pattern. The sharply carved lines on the statue indicate bulging muscles on his body. This statue was probably made using the canon of proportions which is a standard formula used for representing the human form. A mathematical formula is used to plot the figure on a grid which made all of the statues from this time period look the