Jon Ellison Wrote:
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> I'm not talking about craftsmanship.
> All the links are of line drawings/carvings.
> None of which convey spatial depth through the use
> of tone in order to replicate the play of light
> upon a contour, and thus the illusion of three
> dimensions contained within a two dimensional flat
> plane.
> Something which the AE seem to have ignored
> altogether or had no knowledge or understanding
> of.
> They being entirely dependant on the most obvious
> outline/profile and field colour.
> For example in figurative work, heads being
> positioned at 90 degrees to the body.
> The most recognisable angle of view in terms of
> outline for a human head is the profile.
> The most recognisable angle of view in terms of
> outline for a human body is frontal.
> Primitive two dimensional artwork.
> Perfectly understandable during the early bronze
> age and late stone age.

I believe a great deal of Egyptian art is from "sekhmet's" perspective. Sekhmet was the power of water at 81' 3" so had a very wide perspective; as wide as the Lake of the Jackal on top of the pyramid.

Amnog her "names" were;

"Mother Of Images"
"Beautiful Face, Image Most Beloved by Art"
"At Whose Wish the Arts were Born"
"Lady of the Place of Beginning of Time"
"Pure One"
"Self Contained"
"Great One Of The Place Of Appearances In Silence"

This is the perspective of most ancient art whether it's scientific, colloquial, or vulgar depiction.