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 93
chitecture. There is nota single example of columns copied froma palm stem; and the only instances ofthe imitation of the stem are in two orthree instances of copies of roofing beams.The branches are notcopied on columns untilother subjects were wellused. In the Xllthdynasty the imitation ofa… … NATURAL DECORATION 79 sticks bound together. It is strangethat the simple element of groupingbranches round a post should not havebeen a very usual early motive. Wasthe palm really common in early Egypt ?It does not enter into the hieroglyphs,and it is seldom shown on monumentstill the XVIIIth…
Decorative arts -- Egypt · Decoration and ornament -- Egypt
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