"Conon", means the rules that have been followed for a long time and won't change over time. The Egyptian art painters and sculptors often followed this traditional rules on their works. Egyptian art wanted to maintain a standard canon of representation is because they think it is kind of "classic proportions".
According to the definition from the book, these rules are " ignored the endless variations in body types of real human beings."Therefore, these painters and sculptors did not sketch the subjects in correct size.
The most common example using "conon" is Ti. Artists usually sculptors Ti much bigger than normal people or animals. This is because artists want to reflects Ti is in the highest rank at that time. At the bottom of this post,
According to the definition from the book, these rules are " ignored the endless variations in body types of real human beings."Therefore, these painters and sculptors did not sketch the subjects in correct size.
The most common example using "conon" is Ti. Artists usually sculptors Ti much bigger than normal people or animals. This is because artists want to reflects Ti is in the highest rank at that time. At the bottom of this post,