When I first opened this written assignment, I expected these two different pieces of art to be totally different from one another, since I had to compare and contrast them. But they didn't give a significant feeling of difference at the first encounter, which means I could not tell apart frome one with another in primary content(Belton, 1996) except for the posture(one standing, one seated) and the number of objects(one and two), since it is literally 'what you see is what you get'. However, after reading the description that came with each sculptures, I could slightly tell the difference of the contents of the two, which have to be the tertiary contents(Belton, 1996), which can be retrieved after combining primary, and secondary contents with the context of the artworks.
According to "The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu" by Metropolitan Museum, Statue of Memi and Sabu is in a common style of that could be easily found in serdab of nonroyal tomb chapels of the Old Kingdom. And through the article we can understand that it is designed to accommodate the spirits of the deceased, which the spirits were going to dwell in to their belief. It is assumed that the two figures are in the relationship of a married couple, and I think these might …show more content…
This Neo-Sumerian sculpture of "Gudea" was made in order to be installed in the great temples of Lagash, while it was undergoing the rebuilding process. According to the article, Gudea was the man who was leading the project. I am not sure what kind of the religion the temple was built to devote to and wheter Gudea was in a position of a religious leader, but it is clear by the inscription on the statue that he was trying to leave his name in the temple by installing the sculpture of himself in
According to "The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu" by Metropolitan Museum, Statue of Memi and Sabu is in a common style of that could be easily found in serdab of nonroyal tomb chapels of the Old Kingdom. And through the article we can understand that it is designed to accommodate the spirits of the deceased, which the spirits were going to dwell in to their belief. It is assumed that the two figures are in the relationship of a married couple, and I think these might …show more content…
This Neo-Sumerian sculpture of "Gudea" was made in order to be installed in the great temples of Lagash, while it was undergoing the rebuilding process. According to the article, Gudea was the man who was leading the project. I am not sure what kind of the religion the temple was built to devote to and wheter Gudea was in a position of a religious leader, but it is clear by the inscription on the statue that he was trying to leave his name in the temple by installing the sculpture of himself in