menkaure
The sculpture group of King Menkaure and His Queen is positioned in one of the basic types of Egyptian sculpture - the Standing/Striding pose. The figure of Menkaure is rigidly frontal, although his head is slightly turned to the right. His left foot is slightly advanced, however the upper body does not respond to this uneven distribution of weight - there is no tilt in the shoulders, nor a shift in the hips. All movement of the figure is suppressed: his muscular arms hang down his athletic body, they are not flexed at the elbow and do not break through the front contour of his thighs. The body remains wedded to the block of stone from which it was carved. The artist does not remove the "dead stone" between the arms and torso and most importantly his advanced leg is not carved in the round, which contributes to the solid and majestic appearance of the statue. The Queen assumes the same rigidly frontal posture, however her left leg is less advanced than his, which alludes that she
The wig is parted in the middle, tucked in behind the ears and falls down her shoulders. The queen's feet were carved out and left unpolished. Everything about the statues: the scale (life-size), their solid appearance, the hard stone from which they were executed conveys a feeling of royal dignity. The back slab goes up to the shoulders of the figures without revealing their backs. The nemes - symbol of leadership also emphasizes the royal and divine status of pharaoh. Second of all, she has both of her arms around him and not the other way around. First of all, the statue of the king overlaps that of the queen: her right shoulder becomes fused with and overlapped by his left shoulder. It carries a supportive structure for the statues and is not touched up by the artist. subordinate figure to her king - in this stance she is just echoing the pharaoh's decisive actions. She embraces the pharaoh with her right arm placing her hand around his waist; her left arm is bent at the elbow and covering her stomach rests on the king's left arm. The face of the pharaoh takes on a squarish shape, his eyes are not deeply set in within their sockets, the nose is short and turned up, the lips are full, the cheeks are protruding, his ears are rather prominent. The statue group is left unfinished. Although her appearance conveys the message of majesty and serenity, to me she also appears to be a subordinate figure to that of King Menkaure. Menkaure is wearing a short royal kilt, and the queen - a thin garment that reveals more of her body than it actually conceals, clearly distinguishing the protruding breasts and pubic triangle. The queen is wearing a ceremonial wig common among the females.
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