Egyptian, Ancient and Classical Eastern Art

Name Professor Course Date Egyptian, Ancient and Classical Eastern Art Art is part of life. Interestingly; a considerable number of pieces are kept in Museums to be displayed to the public. They provide deep, historical and educational perspectives to what life truly is. As such, numerous research studies have been accomplished from these historic establishments. Specifically, one such art piece is the sculpture of one pharaoh from Egypt king Senwosret III who ruled during the 1800s is what the paper is going to focus on. It has been identified that Egypt has a deep recorded history of practicing royal activities. The present study is going to look at the sculpture of King Senwosret III and assess its physical attributes and the symbolic nature of the art piece. The picture was taken from the museum in New York of king Senwosret III of the Middle Kingdom, and the 12 dynasties. It is a masterpiece of the royal sculpture of Senwosret III which gave the expression of permanence and change. It represented one idealized image of eternal kingship and a tradition passed down from generation to generation. King Senwosret III who was also referred to as Sesostris III did indeed rule over Egypt in the period between 1878 -1839 BCE. He was also regarded as being the fifth monarch ruling in the Twelfth Dynasty in what is referred to as the Middle Kingdom. He carried out military campaigns which led to the establishment of peace and financial prosperity which did not only impact the powers of the rules during that time but at the same time remarkably, increased the rivalry that existed in trade, craftwork, as well as issues of urban development in Egypt. King Senwosret III is one of the few kings who was honored and deified with a cult while doing his work and as a result came to be considered as being perhaps the ruler who possessed so much power in the great Egyptian Dynasty (Bunson, 210). The sculpture that is shown in the museum is from the old kingdoms commonly referred to as the 18th Dynasty. The work of art in the display was a masterpiece representation of the Twelfth Dynasty king Senwosret III. The main theme that was emerging from this work of art was the one regarding the interaction of permanence and change. During the period when the artist made the sculpture, it had been the culture of Egypt to make the sitting posture for up to eight hundred years. In fact, it was clear from the sculpture that the clothing on the king Senwosret III was dated to have been more ancient. It is important to note that this carving especially the face, of king Senwosret III was rather a vogue and a later version of the recent generation (Weigall, 201). The entire piece was dark smooth, shiny and was a fine piece of art. It was made entirely if granite which is why it was stored to last for generations. Looking at the face of king Senwosret III is a common face associated with the representation of how the pharaohs were honored especially when it comes to Egyptian art. The sculpture of King Senwosret III can be described as having deep heavy-lidded eyes, has a series of diagonal furrows that make the cheeks to be hollow, and have thin lips. This representation seems to be almost too brooding as it was not common for Egyptian kings to be depicted that way as they in most cases had a youthful theme. The sculpture appears as though it is lacking any particular inscriptions; it is easily identified as being the representation of king Senwosret III. This art piece is however distinct as unlike the king gneiss sphinx, the face appears to be softened and would suggest one living man, who is slowly aging (Steindorff, & Steele, 14). From this, we can deduce that the image shows one of the few instances where the rulers of Egypt especially king Senwosret III...