Egyptian Sculpture

Japanese: エジプト彫刻 - えじぷとちょうこく
Egyptian Sculpture

…Osiris and Amun were depicted in human form, but there was no passion for the pursuit of the ideal human physical beauty. Egyptian sculpture is characterized by statues of gods with only animal heads, gods with cow's ears like the goddess Hathor, spirits with human heads and lion bodies like the Sphinx, and gods and spirits with whole animal bodies. Each god had a sacred animal, such as the hawk of Horus, the ram of Amun, the cow of Hathor, and the female cat of the goddess Bastet, which were depicted in sculpture, and this encouraged the development of animal sculpture. …

*Some of the terms used in reference to "Egyptian sculpture" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…オシリスやアメンは人間態に表現されたが,人間の理想的肉体美を追求する情熱はなかった。頭部だけ動物になっている神像,女神ハトホルのように牝牛の耳をもつ神像,スフィンクスのように人頭で獅子身の精霊像,または全身動物になっている神像や精霊像のあることは,エジプト彫刻の特徴である。神々にはホルスの鷹,アメンの牡羊,ハトホルの牝牛,女神バステートの牝ネコというように,それぞれの聖動物があって彫刻で表現されたので,これが動物彫刻の発達を促した。…

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