Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 26
in rows with methodical precision, but like those on the vases,they are scattered almost at random over the surface. The firstessays are rude figures careless of form and proportion, awk-wardly drawn with red ochre, like those with which our childrenadorn the margins of their books. With these we… … FIG. 15 —WOMAN GRINDING CORN.(Museum, Cairo.) (Phot. L. Brugsdi.) ART IN EGYPT with hyaenas, all the details, in short, which make up thehunters ideal of a happy life and a desirable Elysium. The noblewho ordered the paintings and the artisan who daubed themhad no conception of a life of the manes…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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