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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 146

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unded with one of Artemis orPallas. It may be said that the artists ofEgypt were lacking in the skillnecessary for all this, or that theygeneralized their forms to such adegree as to leave no scope for suchsubtle differences. But, in fact, wefind in their oldest statues a facilityof execution which… … 3 J3 a.en The Egyptian Religiox and the Plastic Arts. in some hereditary predisposition, some habit of thought andaction contracted in the infancy of the race and fortified by longtransmission. We have already spoken of that which we believe to be thecause of the peculiar forms under which the…

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