I love this, Martin. Just mentioning sandstone and granite as contrasted with marble gave me an aha! moment.
The difference in materials is far more significant than I ever considered. Changes over the ages, of course — but your compelling comment about “full of strength”, comparing David and Amenhotep, points to changes in values as primary. Those changes then leading to changes in artistic expression — Thanks once again to that keen photographic eye, which is just as keen in observing many kinds of art —
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