Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 227
hvignettes carefully executed in a dry and conventionalstyfevWhich contrasts strangely with the broad, bold 200 PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. style of earlier work. The broad-tipped brush has |been superseded by a fine-pointed pen, and artistsvied with one another in the delicacy of their strokes.■The… … Fig. 177.—Part of scene on the wall of the pre-dynastic tomb oiHierakonpolis.—F. W. Green, Hicrakonpolis, vol. ii. [EgyptResearch Account). Valuable as these documents are, they do not afforda fair estimate of the full powers and technicalmethods of the Egyptian artists ; it is to the walls oftheir…
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