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 246
S. 219 In unfinished chambers or parts of chambers, andeven in the quarries, we constantly find sketches inred or black ink of the bas-reliefs with which it wasintended to cover them. The plan, first made outon a small scale, was then squared and transferredto the wall on the large scale by… … Fig. 192.—Sculptors sketch from tomb, Old Kingdom. tombs (fig. 192). Elsewhere the outline is fullydrawn, and the figures on their squaring lines onlyawait the sculptor. Some sculptors took the painsto determine the position of the shoulders and thepoise of the body by horizontal and vertical…
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