Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 84
is, unfortunately, greatly inferior to that of thematerial execution.In most cases theparticipants in acommon action,who would be in-termingled by anartist of our owntimes, are ar-ranged separatelyone after another,as in a procession.Men or beasts, theypresent themselvesin profile againstthe… … FIG. 115.—HERDSMEN DRIVING BULLS. TOMB OFPTAH-HETEP. (Phot. E. Brugsch.) ART IN EGYPT sity forces them to inflect some portion of the body in theopposite direction, as when the reaper talks with his neighbourin the interval between two strokes of hissickle, or the cow turns her head to lookat the…
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