what did sculptures represent
Sculpture is the most common example of Egyptian art that we have today, and specimens exist that date to the Predynastic period. Most of these are pottery and figurines, but these already show expressionistic qualities in the painting of the pottery, and many clay figures even represent local gods. In the Old Kingdom ( roughly 2700-2100 B.C.), sculpture mainly represented the royal family members. They were portrayed in a very solid, symmetrical, blocklike fashion.