An Essay in Comparative Constitutional Law 14-10-2005 (Complete)
Human Form Essay Not Complete
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The Human Form and Human Condition
The two cultures being analysed are Ancient Egyptian and Modern Art.
Modern Neuro- Psychology research suggests that we are hard-wired in
our brain to produce images of the human form which are not naturalistic,
but instead are exaggerated andor distorted. The purpose of this tas! is
to determine why ancient Egyptian and other culture preferred
exaggerated and distorted images rather than the perfect human body. "o
why do we prefer distorted and exaggerated human forms#
Artist from the Ancient Egyptian era followed rules and formulas about the
si$e of ob%ects they car&ed and painted. 'hen drawing the human (gure,
the arms, legs and feet were shown from the side and the shoulders and
eyes were shown from the front. The purpose of this !ind of Egyptian art
was to record information, so each part of the body was shown from itsmost important angle, therefore a complete &iew is created and &iew can
be seen at any one time. The paintings on walls were ta!en from the daily
life of the people, therefore including hunting, farming and (shing, along
with other things li!e feasts and parties to preparing food. Paintings on the
inside on a pharaoh)s tomb were scenes from the deceased life and it
shows how they li&ed and how to act as a model for the afterlife. Egyptian
sculptures were created to be &iewed from all sides or from the front as
ca&ing on wall surfaces and columns. They were often painted in strong
bright colours li!e they also painted on walls and papyrus. "tanding
(gures ha&e left leg forward and the arms sti*y by their sides, eyes stare
straight ahead and their faces show no sense of emotion. +ather than
wor!ing from a li&e model, artists wor!ed from memory and the (nished
sculpture was more symbolic of the sitter than a realistic representation.
ne image dominates our modern world abo&e all others the human
body. The ancient Egyptian sculptures, are great example of the
exaggeration of the human body. The sculpture /Men!ure and 0is 1ueen2
34567 89: demonstrates exaggeration in the human body by using the
ancient Egyptian stereotypical image, that express how the man andfemale body should loo! and how they should be presented. ;or example
the man in the picture of the sculpture 3;igure ear
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used exaggeration was to demonstrate the ideal body and how the body
should be presented. @istortion and exaggeration is a style in which artist
attempt to depict not ob%ecti&e reality, alternati&ely the sub%ecti&e
emotions and responses that ob%ects and e&ents arouse in them. This is
accomplished through distortion, exaggeration, and realism. Throughoutart history the complexity of landscape painting with formulas of
composition, sub%ect matter and coloring reduced signi(cantly.
Exaggerated aspects of these categories were further simpli(ed as
paintings mo&ed towards abstract and modernism.
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Appendix 1:
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Menkaure and His Queen
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