British Museum Top 20 02-2 Colossal Bust of Ramesses II

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British Museum Top 20 02-2 Colossal Bust of Ramesses II

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British Museum Top 20 02-2 Colossal Bust of Ramesses II [7 of 30]

2. Ramesses II bust – Thebes, 1250BC, 267cm high. This fragment of the statue of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC) was cut from a single block of two-coloured granite. The sculptor has used a slight variation of normal conventions to relate his work to the viewer, angling the eyes down slightly, so that the statue relates more to those looking at it. He is shown wearing the nemes head-dress surmounted by a cobra diadem. It was retrieved from the mortuary temple of Ramesses at Thebes in 1816.

British Museum Top 20 02-2 Colossal Bust of Ramesses II 2. Ramesses II bust – Thebes, 1250BC, 267cm high. This fragment of the statue of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC) was cut from a single block of two-coloured granite. The sculptor has used a slight variation of normal conventions to relate his work to the viewer, angling the eyes down slightly, so that the statue relates more to those looking at it. He is shown wearing the nemes head-dress surmounted by a cobra diadem. It was retrieved from the mortuary temple of Ramesses at Thebes in 1816.

DATE: 2004-06-28 13:44