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Composite view
VocabularyComposite view combines different viewpoints within a represented figure or object.
Explanation or usage
Different parts of a figure can be shown from the angles that make their characteristic features most legible. Egyptian figures often combine a profile head and legs with a frontal eye and torso. These conventions communicate information without following a single optical viewpoint.
Common misunderstandings
A composite figure necessarily shows that the artist could not observe a human body.
In Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History
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Interpret Egyptian figure conventions as a visual system rather than judge them only by modern naturalism.