Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 288
FIG. 512.—A BAS-RELIEF OF THE TEMPLEOF OMBOS. (Phot. Beato.) C. PAINTING AND THE MINOR ARTS. Independent painting played an increasingly important part asthe antique artisticconception of theEgyptians declined.This could hardlyhave been other-wise , seeing thatthey had beenbrought into dailycontact… … FIG. 513. —THEBAX BAS-RELIEF OF THE TIMEOF DOMITIAN. (Phot. E. Brugsch.) an art in itself; buttheir works, execu-ted upon non-dur-able materials, wood or canvas, have perished for the most part.The remnant is chiefly made up of papyri, the panels of funerary 267 ART IN EGYPT
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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