brought all these figures to Paris in 1878, where theyexcited the greatest interest among artists and archceoloo-ists.They were eminently well fitted to enlighten those who are ableto see and to do away with many rooted prejudices. What anabyss of diflerence they showed between Egyptian art as it… … Fig. 193.—WoEau Iiiitading dcugh, Bculak. Drawn by Bourgoin. before their varied motives and free natural attitudes. The whole ofthese works, in fact, are imbued with a spirit which is diametricallyopposed to the unchanging inflexibility which used to be con-sidered the chief characteristic of…
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