Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 133
esproduced in private workshops —stelae, sarcophagi and bas-reliefs — areby no means on the same level. The mostcareful of them are disfigured by astiffness of attitude and a heaviness ofchiselling which proclaim them the directproducts of the old provincial academies,innocent of Memphite… … FKi. 213.-HEAD OF SKSOSTKIS IV. (Museum, Cairo). (Phot. Legrain). THE FIRST THEBAN AGE more refined processes of their masters, and the fusion of thisacc|uired dexterity with their instinctive rudeness jjroduced theTheban style. Its characteristics are yet more stroni^jy marked in their…
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