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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited · leaf 138

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e re-presentations of Greek deities, thework of intellectual analysis andabstraction had already come to astate of maturity which it neverreached in Egypt. The divinitieswere fewer in number and conse-quently more fixed and decided intheir individual characteristics. TheEgyptian polytheism was… … Fig, 36.—Osiris, from a bronze in theLouvre. Height 228 inches. 54 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. are always found in the development of religious life, co-existed inthe mind of the nation. A few more or less isolated thinkers werealready seeking to formulate monotheism. The dlitc of the…

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