The Writing Hand and the Seated Baboon
Tension and Balance in Statue MMA 29.2.16
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10959285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niv Allon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-112 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0065-9991 • E-ISSN: 2330-1880 |
| Publisher | Lockwood Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5913/0065-9991-49-1-93 |
| OpenAlex | W2336054065 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper offers an interpretation of statue Metropolitan Museum of Art 29.2.16 and analyzes the interplay of its two main components, the scribe and the baboon. The statue thematizes the intersection of writing, adoration and true judgment, while calling attention to points of tension between the figure of the scribe and the image of the baboon
Art · Baboon · Balance (ability) · Composite material · Compression (physics) · Statue · Tension (geology) · Visual arts · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Materials Science · Medicine · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |