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Application of hypothetical square grids to the analysis of proportions of seated human figures in the Old Kingdom relief

    Krzysztof Radtke

Ägypten und Levante 30, pp. 535-545, 2020/12/29

Internationale Zeitschrift für ägyptische Archäologie und deren Nachbargebiete
International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines
Jubiläumsausgabe – 30 Jahre Ägypten und Levante
Anniversary Edition – 30 Years of Egypt and the Levant

doi: 10.1553/AEundL30s535


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Abstract

The objective of the article is to interpret the square grids guidelines from the chapel of the vizier Akhethotep, which is dated to the Fifth Dynasty, and to present a new method of establishing proportions of seated human figures with two different models of hypothetical square grids.

Keywords: hypothetical square grids, guidelines, human proportion in art, Old Kingdom