Interaction of Three-dimensional and

Two-dimensional Art

By Helmut Satzinger(Univ. of Vienna)

Art and Society: Ancient and Modern Contexts of Egyptain Art13–15 May 2010

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Three-dimensional Reality

Rendered in Two-dimensional Art

Two-dimensional Reality

Rendered in Three-dimensional Art

How to render two-dimensional items in the round:

How to render two-dimensional items in the round:

2 possible solutions.

How to render two-dimensional items in the round:

2 possible solutions.

(1) Application of painting.

How to render two-dimensional items in the round:

2 possible solutions.

(1) Application of painting.

(2) Transformation into three dimensions.

How to render two-dimensional items in the round:

2 possible solutions.

(1) Application of painting.

(2) Transformation into three dimensions.

Good example in European art: the Veil of Veronica.

Transformation into three dimensions:

Transformation into three dimensions:

St. Veronica’s Veil in the sculpture of Breton calvaries.

Transformation into three dimensions:

St. Veronica’s Veil in the scultures of Breton calvaries.

Pleiben, ur kalvar / Pleyben, calvaire Notre Dame de Tronoën

Transformation into three dimensions:

Transformation into three dimensions:

Greek sculpture —

folds of the chiton seen though the cloak.

Istanbul, Archaeo-logical Museum

Vertical folds of Chiton visible under the horizontal folds of thecloak.

Wien,

Antiken-

sammlung

I 1052

Vertical folds of Chiton visible under the diagonal folds of the cloak.

Transformation into three dimensions:

Egyptian Art.

Wien 7789

January 1914 discovered in the rubble south-west of mastaba of Shepses-ptah (S 338/339) by Herrmann Junker’s team.

Appendix I.

Two-dimensional ArtArt

Rendered in Two-dimensional Art

Vermeer: die MalkunstVermeer: the art of painting

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

After Miral LashienMiral Lashien “Artist’s Training in the Old and Middle Kingdoms.”

Göttinger Miszellen 224, 2010, 81–85.

Abb. 41, 42 Die beiden Maler-gruppen sind an der Nordwand des Grabes des Baker III. (BH 15) jeweils beim Bemalen eines hölzernen Schreins abge-bildet; in der einen Hand wird der Farbnapf gehalten, die an-dere führt den feinen Pinsel. Ein außergewöhnliches Bild ist die obere Gruppe, die gerade dabei ist, ein Kalb und einen schwarz-weiß gefleckten Wind-hund, der eine Antilope zu Boden gerissen hat, aufzumalen, da sel-ten bei solchen Szenen ein gegen-ständliches Motiv mit dargestellt wird...

Abdel Ghaffar Shedid: Die Felsgräber von Beni Hassan in Mittelägypten. Mainz 1994. Abb. 41.

Appendix II.

Three-dimensional ArtArt

Rendered in Three-dimensional Art

ÆGYPTUS[RIVISTA ITALIANA DI EGITTOLOGIA E PAPIROLOGIA]FIRENZE—ANNO LXXXV/1-2 (2005) La pratica della religione nell’antico Egitto. Atti del X convegno nazionale di egittologia e papirologia (Roma, 1-2 febbraio 2006)Pp. 175–184

SERGIO DONADONI, “Statue di statue.„SERGIO DONADONI, “Statue di statue.„

• The Abu Simbel colossi bear names that are known to be names of statues.

• Colossal statue of Amenophis III from the Luxor cachette as a base in the form of a sledge.

Etc. ...

Appendix III.

Three-dimensional ArtArt

Rendered in Two-dimensional Art

Marianne Eaton-KraussMarianne Eaton-Krauss.

The representations of statuary in private tombs of the Old Kingdom

(= Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 39)1984, Harrassowitz (Wiesbaden)

Marianne Eaton-KraussMarianne Eaton-Krauss.

The representations of statuary in private tombs of the Old Kingdom

(= Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 39)1984, Harrassowitz (Wiesbaden)