statuary

Frontality is, however, directly related to the functions of Egyptian statuary and the contexts in which the statues were set up.

Standard interpretations of this portrait posture offer observations of correspondence—demonstrating either that it mirrors actual social behavior or that it borrows from classical statuary.

Similarly, the late Uruk period shows the first monumental art, relief, and statuary in the round, made with a degree of mastery that only a professional could have produced.