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I'm not a sculptor but I'm pretty sure those legs never carried that massive head. In fact I can tell by the pixels etc. etc. Wikipedia has a different story,
by Luc 10y ago
I'm not a sculptor but I'm pretty sure those legs never carried that massive head. In fact I can tell by the pixels etc. etc.
Wikipedia has a different story, where he was inspired by the news of the imminent arrival of this (without seeing it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias#/media/File:Statue_of_Ramesses_II_at_the_British_Museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias#/media/File:Statue_...
- Zuider 10y agoThe legs probably came from a sitting statue like this: https://english-303-final.wikispaces.com/Historical+Content+%26+Historical+Context+in+Ozymandias https://english-303-final.wikispaces.com/Historical+Content+... While it is true that Shelley was motivated to write the poem by the imminent arrival in London of the Younger Memnon statue, the scene that the poem describes is not consistent with that particular statue (which consists of an upper torso) rather than a separate head and trunkless legs located in its original desert setting.
- lsiebert 10y agoAncient Egyptian statues were often seated. https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=statue+pharoah&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=statue+pharoah&source=...