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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.

0enry Moore)s +eclining ;igure 0and 3


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Appendix 1:

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Menkaure and His Queen

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Reclining Figure: Hand (1!"

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