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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 141

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ings one fromanother. They had to give toeach deity some feature whichshould be peculiar to him orher self, and should allow ofhis beino- at once identified andcalled by his own name. Therequired result was obtainedin a very simple manner, byadding to the constant quantitythe human figure, a… … Fig. 38.—Painted bas-relief. Boulakby Bourgoin.) (Di-a\vn or at least its attribute, and the head or body, as the casemight be, was detached in order to form part of a complex andimaginary being. The special characteristics of the animal madeuse of were so frankly insisted upon that no confusion…

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