Egyptian sculpture

28 EGYPTIAN SCULPTURE

(p. 27. figs. I, 2). The head is 2 squares high, the central horizontal line being at the base of the nose; in other words, from the junction of the hair and the forehead to the base of the nose is one square, from the base of the nose to the shoulder is one square. From the shoulder to the end of the lappet is two squares; the rest of the figure follows the proportions of the reliefs. In the front view, a vertical line from which the squares are measured is brought through the middle of the face. The forehead at the base of the hair or head-band is 2 squares; the neck is 1} squares. In the side-view, the head is divided into three squares, the vertical being brought down at the back of the ear, arranged thus: from the back of the head to the back of the ear, I square; from the back of the ear to the outer corner of the eye, 14 squares; from the outer corner of the eye to the tip of the nose, ? square.

Occasionally the sculptor draws the main horizontal line at the level of the mouth rather than at the base of the nose, but the proportions of the different parts are not changed. In all these measurements there are slight variations, due both to irregularity in the drawing of the squares and to the individuality of the sculptor.