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why are some women in Egyptian art yellowish or beige yet others are brown?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by The Explorer: [qb] It depends on the occasion. Sometimes the artist may choose to use the idealized yellow (likely symbolic of fertility) convention on female figures, and other times, the conventional Egyptian dark brown. These conventions are mostly seen on large statues or wall murals. However: [i]To adjudge which skin color convention truly captures that of the core ancient Egyptian population, the best avenue to turn to, is that of miniature sculptures depicting scenes of Egyptians engaging in daily occupational activities, as well as the same for royalty figures being accompanied by their entourage. In these miniature sculptures, every class of the society, be it royalty, men or women, they are all generally portrayed in dark brown (chocolate-like) skin color conventions. In these same miniatures, women just as men, are depicted engaging in routine occupational tasks [b]both[/b] indoor and outdoor. This falsifies not only the notion that women are depicted in "yellowish" pigmentation on some wall murals because they stayed indoor, and so, retained their [b]original[/b] "yellowish" skin coloration, but also that said "yellowish" pigmentation captures [b]realism[/b]. Women are portrayed working [b]indoors[/b], and yet, still as dark brownish in skin coloration as their male counterparts.[/i] Examples... [IMG]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3507/miniature3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1148/448310x310ph8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/8453/bearersniankhpepi.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/6711/miniature8.jpg[/IMG] The women (wearing hair) are seen above midst head-shaven men. [/qb][/QUOTE]your point is betrayed by your own example: [IMG]http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/8453/bearersniankhpepi.jpg[/IMG] ^^^yellowish brown, not matching dark brown figuresin other photos this doesn't mean that all Egyptian women were this color, only some [/QB][/QUOTE]
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