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Comparing The Statue Of Palette Of Narmer And Kouros

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Throughout history, art has existed. Art has existed throughout the regions and time, as such the marble statue of a Kouros and the palette of Narmer are good examples of art. Kouros in Greek means boy, the statue is made of marble and is nude (no clothes). Palette of Narmer is a palette that tells the story of the Egyptian king Narmer who rejoined Upper Egypt and lower Egypt to be together again. These two works of art may be a bit different but share common similarity. Kouros must have been significant at the time to have a statue. During the times of ancient greek heroes, warriors, and gods were made into statues. Therefore, Kouros was a hero at the time. In addition, the Greeks made the statues naked to show power. Techniques used for the art was to make a strong lifelike figure of the hero made of marble and make some free space between the arms from the body and the legs from …show more content…

Egypt was broken into two, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Narmer is a legendary king who brought the broken Egypt together. Also, the template shows his power (top of the template that shows the bulls) and authority to those beneath him (part where it shows a big man wielding a mace above a small man) with Houris (a powerful god) with him. Additionally, the side where Narmer is welding a mace above a slave represents Upper Egypt, while the other side of the template represents Lower Egypt. Techniques used for the Palette of Narmer was a flat stone that the artist carved the image of Narmer superior to those beneath him by making narmer bigger than everyone in the palette, as well as the other descriptions to show the union of Upper and Lower Egypt together by having two lions with very long necks being intertwined. To sum it up, the Palette of Narmer is important because this palette tells the story of the legendary Narmer who showed great power to bring the broken Egypt whole

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