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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 22

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, but in modernworks of archaeology it is customary to give a sketch of thereal form beside the flat projection. No such help is given bythe Egyptian painter and we are forced to conjecture the shapesof his buildings as best we can. In this case he was attemptingto represent an oblong building. The… … Id •.»<^/^S,^^j Egyptian Perspective. the arrival of the guests. On the right we have one of the lateralfaces ; it is pierced at one angle by a low door, above which aretwo windows and above them again an open story or terracewith slender columns supporting the roof. Still further to theright,…

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