Image Record Linked to Work and Authority [Figure 43]
Image Record |
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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 |
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*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 |
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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 |