The statues of kings and private, as well as paintings and engraved, reflected the concepts of art, intended to serve the rituals of gods and kings and dead.

Royal statues have a traditional setting with ideal facial lines, which seek to portray royal characters, in strong physical structures, sometimes with some realistic touches, which are less acute to the details of the face.

Perhaps we can follow this in the statue of Zoser, the only remaining statue of King Khufu, the models of King Khafre with the various stones, the tripartite collections of the king of Macao Ra, and the head of King Usrakav.

The special statues followed the same artistic concepts, but they had greater freedom of movement and more diversity of their situations.

The artists dug statues of books, statues of people standing, kneeling or worshiping, and others engaged in domestic chores.

Examples of this are the statues of Prince Ra Hetep and his wife Nefert, who look like real people because of their colors and grafted eyes.

We also see it in the wooden statue of a barber with realistic lines in the digging of his face and body, as well as his other alarm and his wife's scorn, all good examples of special statues of that era.

The paintings, engraved and illustrated, began to fill the gaps on the walls of temples and tombs, to portray everyday activities in homes, farms and workshops.

There were also entertainment scenes, and others depicting the offerings. These scenes were sometimes carried out by free movements, for groups of workers, as well as animals and birds.


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