the painting. Like the first piece Queen Neferati Making an Offering to Isis, has an elaborate background, just one of their many similarities.In comparing the two works at hand, it is easy to find similarities, even though they were done in very different styles. First, both works were made very formal, so that they could be worthy of the rulers to whom they belonged. They are very serious depictions of the interactions of humans and divine figures. Both pieces are asymmetrical in nature, but the Babylonian work shows an inner focus on a frame at the center, which is symmetrical. The colors of each work are very important its purpose, which explains why both works use such a wide range of colors and balance the light and dark schemes so well. The figures in these pieces are very stable and strong, and share mostly realistic proportioning of the human body. Even though many things about these works can be compared on a parallel, they are still very unique paintings with many differences.For the paintings Queen Neferati Making an Offering to Isis and Investiture of Zimrilim, Many elements of composition are much different in style and origin. The most noticeable difference about these works would be the size. While the painting from the palace of Zirilim measured only five and a half feet tall, while the painting on the tomb of Neferati covered an entire wall of the grand structure. However, Zirilims painting was larger in one way, it was much deeper. While the tomb wall uses plain white as a background giving it a very flat look, the Investiture of Zimrilim uses extensive shading and contrast of light and dark to give it a three dimensional feel. Another big difference about how the paintings look now has to do with preservation. The work in the palace of Zimrilim was partially destroyed and now is in pieces and is missing parts, while the tomb painting remains fully intact. Despite the destruction, the focus of the paint...
