This is Menkaure and his Queen. We are learning about Egypt in my Western Cultures class this term. I have always been interested in Egypt since I was a little tike watching Prince of Egypt, so studying it in school has been way fun.
My teacher put this picture up with the projector and asked us to analyze it. I am in love with this statue. Here are a few things I noticed about it...
- Their left feet are forward, symbolyzing motion or moving forward, possibly into the afterlife together (how romantic).
- Her belly is not the perfect flatness of stone but has shape to it, makes the statue almost human, life-like.
- He is pulling some sort of cart, symoblizing the man's job to be the strength and the muscle of the couple. But, the woman is holding on to him almost holding him up. Doing her job to keep him stable and secure.
- And my favorite part of this beautiful work of art is the look on thier faces, they are content in their companionship. Whatever they have been through or whatever they are about to face, they are confident in doing it together.
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