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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 75

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ich was enhanced by the paint-ing. The colour has fallen offnearly everywhere, but whereit has been preserved, it is ad-mirably fresh and harmonious. Itcompletes the work of the sculptor,and adds to this a precision whichthe chisel could hardly haveachieved without heaviness; thusit clothes Uzucri,… … FIG. 99.—PORTION OF A FEMALEFIGURE (Tomb of Gemnikai). Ml^MPHlTE ART

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