Compare And Contrast: Menkaure And Khamerernebty And Akhenaton

4th dynasty of Egypt, was portrayed in a

statue along with what is assumed to be his

main queen, Khamerernebty to his left. “The

poses are the universal ones: striding, left foot

forward, hands clenched around cylinders,

etc. Khamerernebty stands beside him.

Both are rigidly straight, without shifts of

hips, despite their stepping out” (Tartakov

7). They both stand stiffly, perfectly postured,

with “emotionless” faces. Both are rather

scantily clad, with well proportioned bodies.

The king wears a headdress and his arms are

to his side. The queen’s right arm encircles

his waist, and her left hand is gently resting on

his left arm. “This frozen stereotypical

gesture indicates their marital status”

2.) Haptic/Visual: Despite Egypt’s Old

Kingdom and it’s geometrically based style of

art, Menkaure and Khamerernebty’s statue

1.) Content: This statue of Akhenaton

“retains the standard frontal pose of

canonical pharaonic portraits” (Gardner’s

68). The statue is well postured, missing an

10.) Rhythm/Repetition: Both king and

appears to be ideally proportioned and

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