Jon Ellison Wrote:
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> Is that what you think?

Am I wrong?

> "No different" I suggest you take a closer look.
> The contrast is overwhelming.

Considering the different mediums and the culture behind who and why these statues are made, no, I find the differences quite "underwhelming".

> PRIMITIVE ART...
> Primitive is not a derogatory term.
>
> Primitivism. Read...
>
> [en.wikipedia.org]

Please pay attention Jon. I did not say "primitive art", but rather "primitiveness" which you have applied to AE culture at large.

> You are way out of your depth.

Of course.

> Of course they could understand subjects in three
> dimensions, they lived in a three dimensional
> world just as we do. However as you yourself
> clearly stated, they did not express that three
> dimensional world in their two dimensional art.

And...? As I also stated clearly, neither did any other culture until the classical Greeks which even then was merely forced isometric perspective which it was not until the middle ages linear perspective was "invented" (though in reality I'd say this is a little muddy).

> You claim it was a matter of choice. I see no
> evidence of any "choice".

Since we are all keen these days on not misrepresenting each other, what I "claimed" was that it was "not a matter of "ability", but rather sensibility." Meaning not, "choice", but rather the fundamental way in which their culture conveyed information through their art on a 2-D surface, a meme practiced by all cultures for thousands of years. The technical aspects of linear perspective is one thing as indeed it seemed to escape the human mind for longer than expected, but to assert they could not understand depth on a 2-D surface regardless of the fact it is not found in their painted art, is hardly one of "comprehension". AE art was not a means to "express one's artistic ability", but rather a means of communication and what is found in the tomb art throughout the Dynastic era is the very continuation of this artistic tradition of communication rooted in the carving in relief on stone which hardly lends itself to presenting depth in 3 dimensions, nor was it required.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 19-Apr-17 20:10 by Thanos5150.