Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · London : William Heinemann · leaf 93
MEMPHITE ART ed the life of the desert beasts with the utmost freshness of design, showing the hare crouching behind a tuft of grass, the hedgehog emerging from his hole to catch a grasshopper, the gazelle suckling her fawn, the oryx in full flight and the grey- hound pulling him down; as to the… … FIG. 127.— HUSBAND might claim the semblance of a person of AND WIFE OF UN- rank for his stone double. But in no case, EQUAL HEIGHTS (Museum, Cairo). not even when workers were represented, was (Phot. E. Brugsch.) it legitimate to give to statues those con- torted and ill-balanced attitudes which…
Art
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
