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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · London : William Heinemann · leaf 37

An illustration from Art in Egypt, 1912, leaf 37
THINITE ART … This insistence on a utilitarian purpose FIG. 28.— STANDING STATUE BEARING ENSIGN. weighed heavily upon the independence (Museum , Cairo.) both of art and artist. The artist, obliged (Phot. E. Brugsch.) to think above all of the welfare of those for whom he was working, was not free to abandon…

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