Museum Visit

here I am :) I forgot to take the photo until I was outside the museum and I was in such a hurry to get to work that I did not have time to go back.

The piece I chose was this relief from the Tomb of Mentuemhet, Egyptian, ca. 660 BC. It was such a shock to see a real relief in person. All the pictures I have seen in my book and online don't give justice to the actual thing. I know that may be cliche, but it is true :) The detail and the specific colors. There is little or no shading, like we are used to see in color in the 21st century, but the colors seem more purposed. The relief is not very deep, and yet it is very intricate. The style of the Egyptian story line can be confusing to me. Do we read it left to right up or down or down to up? I can never tell.
The woman who gave us a tour pointed out that they were lucky to have a piece to big as this one. Yet, the piece cant be more than about 10" by 14".
I also saw many painting from the 1400-1800's in another room, but since that was not our time period, I did not focus on them.