Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 196
reveal a well modelled armand define the contours of the body;we divine beneath the veil healthyhips, a slender waist, and round,firm breasts. The details of the dressand ornaments, which were laid onwith the brush, have worn away,but the material, a close, crystallinelimestone resembling… … 1-IG. 343.—TUTANKHAMEN.(Phot. E. Brugsch.) ART IN EGYPT in 1906, has the same attitude and a similar costume, an almosttransparent drapery from which the left hand emerges, holding a lotus-flower to the breast. The bustis not fully developed, and the breastsare so small that they hardly swellthe…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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