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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 164

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with distinctive featureswhich we shall endeavour to trace. In the intervals of pre-carious repose which characterized the Persian domination, the ClIANGK OliSERVAI.I.K IX EgVITIAX ArT. 79 Egyptians had leisure neither to invent nor to improve. Theycopied, as well as they could, the monuments of… … Flc. 51.—Oii,ih-ali-ia, 26th ilyna. ty. Louvre. Cuey granite, height 37 inches. implying, perhaps, great technical skill, l»ut displaying no sincereand personal feeling Nature was no longer studied or cared for.Artists knew that the human figure should be divided into so manyparts. They knew that…

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