Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 296
me (Fig. 533). The box is madeof Nile mud, plastered on a frameworkof cardboard or stuccoed cloth; it wasgiven a form approximating to thatof the person for whom it was destined,and over the modelling was painted,in distemper or tempera, the face, theflower-crowned head, the hands, jewels,and… … FIG. 529. COFFIN OF TATAHARSLVSI (Museum, Berlin). ART IN EGYPT same time as ordinary sculpture and painting, and for the samereasons; the civil wars, the effects of which were felt in Egypt,and then the invasion of Christianity, destroyed all the arts whichdepended for their existence on the…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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