Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 228
did not surpass, that of the Memphite Age.The ideal of itsartists was less pureand less serene, butit came closer toreality. The impulsewhich had carriedPharaoh and hisarmies beyond theisthmus, had movedthe whole people,and even those whotook no part in theconquests, theolog-ians, men of… … FIG. 403.—GOLD NECKLACE WITH HEADS OFFALCONS (Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) ART IN EGYPT to create greatness, no longer, after the manner of their an-cestors the Pyramid-builders, by the exaggerated bulk of theirmaterial, but by the reasoned immensity oftheir conceptions; thus architects had…
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