ersonage calledHorus, which dates from about the same period (Fig. 229).- It isof black granite and yet both limbs and torso are as delicatelymodelled as if they were of the softest limestone. The attitude ofthe arms is unusually easy and natural, and the whole figure isfreer and less constrained… … Fig. 2?o.- -Bas-relief from Memphis. Length forty inches, height ten inclies, Boulak.Prawn by Bourgoin. The same style, taste, and general tendency are to be found inthe steles and in the decoration of the tombs. In a few sepulchralbas-reliefs we can detect a desire to imitate the compositions…
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