Egyptian decorative art : a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution /by W.M. Flinders Petrie (1920)
Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London : Methuen · leaf 111
om ; there wasno trace of it found at Kahun or Gurob,in the buildings of the Xllth and XVIIIthdynasties, nor does it appear in any draw-ings or imitations of buildings. One of the best known characteristics ofEgyptian architecture is the sloping faceof the walls and pylons. This is directlycopied… … STRUCTURAL DECORATION 9/ inwards, and the wall had more stability.So wedded were the builders to thismethod, that where a long wall of a fortor city was to be built they preferred tobegin with a row of towers of brickworkthus arranged, and then to fill in thespaces between them with more plain…
Decorative arts -- Egypt · Decoration and ornament -- Egypt
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