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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 302

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of Lagus,may be detected in an incipient stage. The motives and attributesare still purely Egyptian, but the modelling, the carriage of thehead, and the attitude are modified, and we see, almost by intuition,that the Greek style is about to smother the Egyptian. Thisevidence of transition is, we… … Fig. 232.—Hoiu^ enthroned. Bronze. Louvre. between these things and those which are franl;Iy Grreco-Roman is great, and at once strikes those who come upon the VOL. J I. N N 74 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. latter in the galleries of Boulak, where they are mixed up with somany creations of…

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