Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet

Last semester, I had gone to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a paper that my art professor had assigned. My professor gave us a list of different artworks to choose from. I choose the Statue of The Goddess Sakhmet 1390-1352 B.C. I enjoyed the trip to the Metropolitan Museum because I was never interested in artwork until the day I went. It changed my perspective on artwork and art overall. I learned that the artwork of an artist might be boring to some but it has its story and history to it. It also made me think how much a person is dedicated to their work. Back then people didn’t have the tools and materials we have now. They put so much work and time to it. Before I wouldn’t take art seriously, the class and the actual artworks but when I had the opportunity to go in person and research about it, it was very interesting to me. There’s so much into a marble statue half lion/human it has it story behind it and its significance.

The Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet is a statue that stood out to me most of the other options. “The goddess Sakhmet, whose lioness head with its small intense eyes and prominent sinewy jaws bespeaks her potential for violence, elicited great efforts of appeasement.” (The Met). I found it very fascinating how the artist created the lion head into a female’s body. It looked very realistic. The artist got every detail of how a female’s body would look like and made it so realistic. The type of marble the artist used was smooth and it still looked fresh to me even though it was made years ago.

Work cited

“Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet.”MetMuseum. 5 October 2017. Web.