Practice Post #4 - Evaluating Art

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

         

     I chose to research this gorgeous statue which is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The reason why I picked this is because I think women and men are equal, they have the same qualities, and they can play the same role in the society. This statue is the representation of a woman who is pharaoh.

      According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.3.2), this sculpture emphasizes the pharaoh role playing by male with feminine air. The statue remarks “the most successful of several female rulers of ancient Egypt, declared herself king sometime between years 2 and 7 of the reign of her stepson and nephew, Thutmose III.

Reference

"Hatshepsut [Egyptian; From Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes] (29.3.2)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.3.2 (October 2006)