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 231
CULPTURE. Egyptian artists continued to deform the humanfigure. Their men and women are actual monstersfrom the anatomical point of view, even though theyare by no means so hideous and absurd as they havebeen represented by many of our copyists. Thedistorted parts of the body have been joined to… … Fig. i8o.—From a tomb painting in the British Museum,Eighteenth Dynasty, complement of the latter. The convention oncerecognised and admitted, it is difficult to over-estimate the skill shown on many of the monuments.The line is firm and even, drawn to the end w^ith onelong resolute sweep of the…
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