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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 390

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Figs. 2S3, 2S4.—Details from the tomb of riah-hotep. Six colours are used in this decoration : black, white, red, yellow,green, and blue. The result is sober, w-ell-balanced, and by nomeans without harmony. In other parts of the same tomb we find this taste for literalimitation applied to another…

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