Is It Difficult to Study Art History? - Part 2 - Art 5

You may read previous posting (Part 1):

- Is It Difficult to Study Art History? - Part 1 - Art 5

Fig 01- Gudea was a ruler, not called as a king 

(credit to Pinterest)

Just two examples are statues of:

- Gudea in Neo-Sumerian culture

- and statue of Memi and Sabu

Gudea was a leader in a sovereign country but called as a governor. He dressed like a monk than a king.

Moreover, Memi and Sabu was ordinary people that found in the nonroyal cemeteries surrounding the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at Giza, Egypt.

Fig-02- Portrait, painted by Pablo Picasso

Fig 03- Pathway garden, painted by Claude Monet

Statue of Memi and Sabu may be read at previous posting:

- Are there Non Royal Statues Surrounding the Pyramid? - Art 1

It is said that never giving up, even when we know its not really working, we need to go back at it, time and time again until we are happy (satisfy).

We need to read several articles, include Wikipedia (even though not reliable resource, but at least give some ideas) to understand history context such as statues of Gudea, and Memi and Sebu.

Finally, It is challenging to study art history without history background and art skill (especially to whom have no talent in art).

However, the difficulty could be overcome step by step with a fair amount of enthusiasm.

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