Frontality is, however, directly related to the functions of Egyptian statuary and the contexts in which the statues were set up.
然而,正面性是与埃及雕像的功能以及雕像所处的环境直接相关的。
Very often such statues were enclosed in rectangular shrines or wall niches whose only opening was at the front, making it natural for the statue to display frontality.
这些雕像通常被封闭在长方形的神龛或壁龛中,它们唯一的开口在前面,这使得雕像很自然地展现了正面。
The effect is altogether lighter and freer than what achieved in stone, but because both perform the same function, formal wooden and metal statues still display frontality.