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History of Art Essay Statue from the Ptolemaic Dynasty The Statue of a Queen which was made during the Ptolemaic Dynasty is a fine piece of art. Although that this statue was found without any inscriptions, it is for sure that it is a figure of a queen or a female deity, since in the Ptolemaic Dynasty queens had a predominant role and could set up their statues in all the temples. Standing on a solid stone base, the statue has “frontality” because it is mainly meant to be viewed from the front. That wasn’t unusual for a statue to have this frontality during that time since you were meant to see this art object only from one angle; the front. If we look at it from behind, we cannot really distinguish much since the statue’s back is attached to a stone slab - a typical posture that gave to the people who saw it the sense of stability, solidness and eternity, since there was always something to hold her and keep her frigid. This strength is also implied by the material used to make the statue, hard solid stone; almost rocklike. If we closely observe the left-hand side of the statue whose arm was sliced off we can see how rough and uneven this kind of stone is. It�