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Votive Statues, c. 2900-2600 BCE
Please
select an artwork studied in class (Ancient Near East) and explain how its
description and/or visual analysis has allowed you to venture
possible interpretations of it. I am uploading the lectures, PLZ select artwork
from the lecture . Do not write more than 200 words
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The
manner in which the artwork is displayed shows it's a statue because, for an
artwork to be considered a statue, it needs to be either carved, modelled or
cast. The figures are modelled in different poses. One of the figurines is
taller, which means the figurine might be a deity. According to the laws of
sculpturing, deities are displayed as bigger or taller than the rest of the
figures in the artwork. In addition, the figures are displayed with folded
hands slightly stretched upwards like as if they are in prayer. Their sombre expressions
and some kneeling reinforce the idea that the figurines are indeed praying.
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