Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... (1904)
Sturgis, Russell · The Baker · leaf 117
ostplay for his refined art. As for the woodenstatue (see Plate XVII), which may almostcertainly be dated as early as either of thetwo stone ones mentioned, it is on recordthat when it came out of the dry sandwhich had preserved it for centuries therewas a general shout from the Arabic work-men… … The Roman Empire and Early Egypt controls each hamlet along the Nile ; withhis businesslike, selfish straightforwardnesshe was there incarnate, or nearly so, visibleto the eyes of all. There is another interesting thing aboutthe Egyptian sculpture, and that is the ex-treme boldness of its…
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