uble consequence. Inorder to avoid all danger of spoiling his figure when roughing itout, the artist was compelled to err on the side of over solidityand heaviness ; he was obliged to multiply the points of support,and to avoid anything like delicacy or slightness of parts. On theother hand, he was… … Fig. 254.—P.iinting at Thebes (ChampolUon, p\. 161). All this explains the absolute necessity for the supporting blocksreserved by the Egyptian sculptor at the back of his statues, andfor the great massiveness of their forms. To begin with, the com-parative slenderness of the attachment between the…
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