Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 218
ALTAR WITH OFFERINGS. EGYPTIAN MURAL PAINTING, THEBES. 196 Till: RACIAL INILUKNCRThe love of clearness of statement and tiieirconception of art, as in the nature oi a decorativerecord, seems to be emphatically expressed in theirways of re|)resentation. For instance, in paintingan altar pded with… … EGYPTIAN \VA1,L-1AIXTI\G (hRIII.SH MUSEUM). each and all should be seen drawn in profile, arearranged in ground plan. Thus we may say thattheir statements were pictures, their pictures werestatements. There is a wall-painting in the British Museumshowing a fish pond or tank in a garden,…
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