Does anyone know of any good books, articles or other references for the Kemetic artistic canon? I find myself now at a point where I am reconstructing it rather than learning it from existing sources that have unraveled the process…
Some unfinished works where the construction lines remain have been quite insightful, and I’ve had some lucky guesses at working out proportions with grids, but its quite a daunting task otherwise. Identifying the idealised form of each hieroglyph is 1000 pieces of artwork or more before considering anything else (!)
This unfinished work from the astronomical ceiling in the tomb of Senenmut underneath the Djeser-Djeseru shows the often mentioned “18/19 fists” rule quite nicely in action.