Memi Vs Sabu

At first glance, I was able to tell two major differences between the two sculptures. The Statue of Memi and Sabu has a familiar and friendly look, while the Statue of Gudea is withdrawn and also imposing. I think these two sculptures are opposites in many ways. For the primary details, everything including the medium, color, scale, texture, space, and even texture are opposites. The secondary features help to tell a story as they relate to the larger context of this piece of art.

Starting out with primary form, notice how the Statue of Memi and Sabu is a lite colored limestone about 62 cm in height, depicting a man and women standing next to each other. The mans arm is over the womans shoulder, and her arm is around the waste of the man. They both look to be dressed in everyday garments, but are both highly attractive and healthy.

Looking more into seconday and tertiary form, the light sandstone looks more like a …show more content…
Using the old conventional genre hierarchy as mentioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2016), we can see that this is falls under portraiture. I will use this hierarchy classification to compare the Statue of Memi and Sabu to the Statue of Gudea.

Before discussing the context, I will describe the form and content of the Statue of Gudea. When I first see the Statue of Gudea, I get a feeling that the Gudea wants to be left alone, kind of like he is concentrating real hard on something, or anxiously waiting for something to happen to him. The statue is dark, made of the stone diorite, and looks rather hard, and shiny.

Both the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2016), and the Benoit (N. D.) mention that the Statue of Gudea has a pious look on his face. This helps to give the statue a feeling that Gudea was a man of servitude. And the elaborate headpiece indicates that he is royalty, and probably feels for some reason that he is deserving of a