The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 35
is that it istoo long for its height, and that theexterior shows too much wall and toofew apertures. In this respect theEgyptian temple is the antithesis ofthe Gothic church; in the one we havean excess of massive surface, in theother an excess of empty space; Greekart found the just mean and kept… … FIG. 17.—EGYPTIAN BASRKI.IEF AT ABYDOS. Jackal-headed Anubis and Falcon-headed Herus. dwellings. So true is this, that ourknowledge of Egyptian art is derivedmainly from tombs, either the enor-mous pyramids of stone and brickdestined for royalty, or the chapelsbuilt above the ground, and the…
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