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 279
Fig. 210.—The kneeling scribe,Old Kingdom. 25: PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. to find a work of art where such deformities arerepresented in so lifelike a manner, free from ex-aggeration. Theban art is closely related to that of Memphis.Its methods, materials, composition, and designs arethose of the… … Fig, 211.—A bread-maker, Old Empire. Eleventh Dynasty the legs became longer andslighter, the hips less powerful, the body and neckmore slender. Works of this period of the MiddleKingdom are not to be compared with the bestproductions of the earlier centuries. The wall-paintings of Siut, of…
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