Egyptian Art

     So this is a not so little statue of Khafre's heir Menakaure and his Queen who has a really long name I have not hopes of saying so I'm glad none of you where around to hear me butcher it when i tried, Khamerernebty II,. All I've got about that part of the work is....wow. So this piece stands 54 1/2in tall and is carved out of a hard black stone that wasn't described hmmmmmm i did a little extra research and discovered the stone is a hard stone called Green Schist or Greywacke I think they called it. Out of all the art in this section I've seen in this section so far this piece stands out the most to me.
     The way the poses are mirror is a early form of rhythm and their heights are the same which probably meant she was just as important as her husband or the artist got a little lazy on proportions. Its interesting that at the bottom of the queens legs there are the outlines for a dress but her top seems to be nude. Upon further reading into other sources they speculate that the top of her dress was painted on rather than carved which is a difference to other sculptures of the time. The two figure compliment on another and create a harmony in the piece of which only the top half is complete. This indicates that this statue was probably commissioned near the end of the Pharaoh's life and there for there was no need to finish the elaborate sculpture.