Kharfre Enthroned

 These pieces are stiff and inhuman in their rigid posture and angular sculpting, but the goal of the Egyptians was to create a sense of permanence--an understanding that that person immortalized in stone was literally not going anywhere. The method worked!

-Made from diorite stone, quarried in the south and often times in other countries

-Artist drew on each side of the stone the views that would go on each respectively 

-Chiseled away excess stone until all the planes met at right angles, this work was done by apprentices

-This is called the subtractive method of sculpture because you start with a large 

piece of material and you take away from it as opposed to attaching other 

elements to it.

-Sculpted in more detail the body of the pharaoh, this work was done by the master

-To get the finish on the stone shiny and smooth, the stone was grinded or rubbed down, method of abrasion