sized, but detailed beautifully. "It is not so .
surprising to find such specific portrait .
identity emerging at this time, as it is to find .
in on so convention-restricted a work as the .
Pharaoh's image- (Tartakov 8).
3.) Size: The statue of Menkaure and .
Khamerernebty stands approximately 4' 6 ½" .
high. This portrait of the king and queen is .
just-under-life-sized and it is ideally visual. "Akhenaton's body is curiously .
misshapen, with weak arms, a narrow waist, .
protruding belly, wide hips, and fatty thighs. .
Modern doctors have tried to explain his .
physique by a variety of illnesses. They .
cannot agree on a diagnosis, and their .
premise- that the statue is an accurate .
depiction of a physical deformity- is .
probably faulty- (Gardner's 69). Utilizing .
the opinions of many art historians, it is .
concluded that this statue is haptic, or .
abstract. The revolutionary style is .
suspected to parallel Akhenaton's rebellion .
against the previously established religion. .
"Akhenaton's artists tried to formulate a .
new androgynous image of the pharaoh as .
the manifestation of Aton, the sexless sun .
disk- (Gardner's 69).
3.) Size: This "colossal- statue of the .
pharaoh Akhenaton stands approximately .
13' high. The statue was known to be .
displayed in public. Because of it's height, .
proportioned. Since most would be looking .
down at the statue it is unlikely that it was .
publicly displayed. It may have just been a .
personal, sacrificial, or religious piece of art.
4.) Color: The color of the statue is a .
charcoal gray to black with a gold colored .
background. The statue reflects light in .
some prominent areas, but also has some .
areas which are in shadow. Some areas of .
gold are seen, probably due to age and .
environment. .
5.) Synesthesia: The couple depicted in this .
piece of artwork, show no emotion nor do .
they evoke emotion from the viewer. "The .
husband and wife show no other sign of .
affection or emotion and look not at each .
