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 236
per-spective. Again, when drawing a number of persons engagedin the same action it was usual to separate them asmuch as possible to avoid the outline of one over-lapping another, or else they were flatly superposedas though they were of only two dimensions and had ABSENCE OF PERSPECTIVE. 109 no… … Fig. 183.—From wall scene in tomb of Horemheb. to the sound of the trumpet, the head and feet of thefarthest figure are on the same level as those of thesoldier nearest to the spectator (fig. 183). Where thechariots defile before Pharaoh one could swear that
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