Lectures on painting; delivered to the students of the Royal Academy (1883)
Armitage, Edward, 1817-1896 · New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 21
erattendants, both male and female. The most sino-ular and strikinof feature in thecostume of the ancient Egyptians is the head-gear. This takes the most fantasticand extraordinary shapes.Many of these queer head-coverings are royal crowns.Thus, a was the crown ofLower Egypt, and was of ared color… … ANCIENT COSTUMES. It is probable also that many of them are meresymbols and were never worn. The rather hackneyed bird head-dress was pecul-iar to the queens of Egypt, and this, like the malecrowns, was never worn except on state occasions.Thus it would be incorrect to give Pharaohs daugh-ter the…
Painting · Costume -- History To 500
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