The Egyptian figures appeared with their torso facing the front with their heads and legs in profile. Minoan figures were portrayed in full profile and stylized with “exaggerated” features like broader shoulders and very narrow waists. The Egyptians painted on tombs while the Minoans used their paintings to adorn walls of interior spaces. Subject matter in Egyptian paintings was religious and more natural and every day in Minoan wall paintings. Human figures also appeared more rigid and “stiff” in Egyptian paintings and more natural and loose in Minoan art. Minoans utilized a wet fresco technique and the Egyptians utilized secco, which was dry plaster.