King Senwosret lll,Middle Kingdom Dynasty 12,circa 1836-1818 B.C.E.,Possibly from Hierakonpolis,Granite
A masterpiece of Middle Kingdom sculpture,this statue of the Twelfth Dynasty king Senwosret III encapsulates one basic theme of this installation:the interaction between permanence and change.By the time an artist carved this piece, the seated pose had been part of Egyptian tradition for more than eight hundred years;most of the elements of the costume had been around even longer.However the style of carving-note Senwosret's expressive face-had been in vogue for less than a generation-Brooklyn Museum
King Senwosret lll,Middle Kingdom Dynasty 12,circa 1836-1818 B.C.E.,Possibly from Hierakonpolis,Granite
A masterpiece of Middle Kingdom sculpture,this statue of the Twelfth Dynasty king Senwosret III encapsulates one basic theme of this installation:the interaction between permanence and change.By the time an artist carved this piece, the seated pose had been part of Egyptian tradition for more than eight hundred years;most of the elements of the costume had been around even longer.However the style of carving-note Senwosret's expressive face-had been in vogue for less than a generation-Brooklyn Museum