The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 38
FIG. 22. EGYPTIAN GROUP IN LIMESTONE. (The Louvre.) only, that of the Sphinx, or lion with ahuman head, has persisted down to our 18 EGYPT, CHALDiEA, AND PERSIA own times (Fig. 23); but we have re-tained, with very sHght modification,the decorative motives borrowed by the … FIG. 23.—EGYPTIAN SPHINX OF PINK GRANITE. (The Louvre.) Egyptians from the flora of the Nile,notably from their two favourite plants,the lotus and the papyrus. We feel our-selves strangely out of touch with acollection of Egyptian statues andbas-reliefs, but we greet a group ofEgyptian ornaments…
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