Image Record Linked to Work and Authority [Figure 43]

Image Record
Image Number	1234
*View Description	the Great Sphinx with the Great Pyramid in the background [link]: Great Sphinx • Great Pyramid
*View Type [link]	exterior view • oblique view • partial view
*View Date [controlled]	1950
Related Work [link to Work Record]	Great Sphinx; colossus; unknown Egyptian; Fourth Dynasty; Giza (Egypt)

Authority Record
*Terms	oblique view (preferred) diagonal view
*Note	Refers to depictions from a vantage point at an angle to the perpendiculars of the subject.
*Source [link to Source Record]	Art & Architecture Thesaurus (1988-).

Work Record
Class [controlled]	sculpture • architecture • Egyptian art
Work Type [link to authority]*	colossus
*Title	Great Sphinx \| Title Type: preferred Title: Abu al-Hawl \| Title Type: alternate
*Creator display	unknown Egyptian Role [link]: artists \| [link]*: unknown Egyptian
*Creation Date	Fourth Dynasty, reign of King Khafre (ca. 2575-ca. 2465 BCE) [controlled]: Earliest: -2585; Latest: -2555
Subject [link to authorities]*	religion and mythology • portrait • sphinx (Egyptian iconograph) • King Khafre (Egyptian king, ca. 2575-ca. 2465 BCE) • Pharaonic power • Sun God (Egyptian deity)
Culture	Egyptian (ancient)
*Current Location [link to authority]	Giza (Egypt)
*Measurements	20 m (height) (66 feet); 73 m (length) (240 feet) [controlled]: Value: 20; Unit: m; Type: height \| Value: 73; Unit: m; Type: length
*Materials and Techniques	limestone, carved from live rock Material [link]: limestone \| Technique [link]: rock-cut architecture
Description	The sphinx is an embodiment of kingship, placed to the south of the Great Pyramid at Giza. It is probably intended to represent King Khafre, although later generations believed that it was the Sun God.
Description Source [link to authority]	Janson, H. W., History of Art. 3rd ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986; Page: 60 ff.
Related Image [link to Image Record]	1234

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