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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 341

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ease and suppleness being often attained. Further con-firmation of our theory is afforded by those little ornamentalarticles which may be referred to the industrial rather than thefine arts. In them we find the figures of men and animals intro-duced with the most playful and easy skill. The… … Fig. 256.- -Bronze statuette,lioulak. Actual size. The Principal Conventions in Egyptian Sculpture. OJ the handles of so many perfume spoons may be given as instancesof this (Fig. 257). The quahties which are so conspicuous inthese Httle works are absent from theofficial and monumental art of…

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