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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Amun-Ra The Ultimate: [qb] What you call "idealistic" portrayals is not the only artistic style available and actually done by Ancient Kemites or other African artists. For example, I don't think this figure is meant to be a realistic or an idealistic portrayal of people or someone: http://www.hamillgallery.com/NOK/NokTerracottas/Nok03.JPG [/qb][/QUOTE]I never said realistic portrayals are the only styles used by Egyptians or even Africans as a whole. My point is that the reserve heads to portray realistic features. [QUOTE][qb]For example, one of the principle they used is making someone in the form of another (either in the form of a God, animal, Kings - when the person portrayed is not a King). A bit like this with the Na'vi (from the movie Avatar) representation of Angelina Jolie.: http://www.pxleyes.com/images/tutorials/ext//4bcec4d331e37.jpg This does not really looks like Angelina Jolie but we can see the principle behind it. We can see it more easily here: http://www.webdesign.org/img_articles/18062/image000.jpg They do this for abstract, symbolic and traditional purpose. But I understand your point that Ancient Kemites representation of people like the Na'vi representations above share some similarities with the person they try to portray. That much is evident. [b]What do you make of Ancient Egyptian art representation of the same person which looks different? [/b] I see 3 possible reasons: 1) One of the representation is fake (and badly copied or copy without knowledge or something). 2) One representation was modified by a later Dynasty. 3) They are 2 representations of the same person but with different artistic styles. [/qb][/QUOTE]I agree with the last (3), though I get your point about artistic symbolism. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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