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Code asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 1 decade ago

how did the egyptians chose to represent figures in their art?

What is the traditional way the egyptions represtented the figures in their art...How they drew their figures and in what positions?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    In painting, for humans and gods, the heads and legs were in

    profile, torso full frontal.

    The more important an individual, the larger he was depicted.

    Pharaoh was therefore largest of all.

  • kim
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I agree with Lakewood C...

    The Egyptians chose to represent figures in their art with concern to size... the larger the figure is, the more important that character is, the smaller, the least significant, then...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    In profile.

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