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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 209

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The contour of the figures is sometimes marked upon the storebeneath, because the depth of the cutting is greater than the thickness of the stucco. 124 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. guished or divined, but there is a great difference between paintedornament which is subject to such damage and… … Fig. 85.—Seti I. striking prisoners of war with bis mace. Karnak, Thebes. (Champollion, PL 294.) richness. It suffers from the absence of that learned balancebetween plain and decorated surface which the Greeks understoodso thoroughly. In the Greek temples, sculptured figures had themore importance…

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