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 289
size, present a formidable ap-pearance on the riverfront. At the present day it is almost a commonplace tosay that the decadence of Egyptian art commencedunder Rameses II., but nothing can be more untrue.It must be conceded that many of the statues andbas-reliefs executed during his reign are… … Fig. 217.—Head of a queen,Eighteenth Dynasty. DECADENCE OF ART. 263 in localities in the Delta where the court habituallyresided, and even at Abii Simbel and Bet el Wallythe sculptors ofRameses II. were inno way inferior tothose of Seti I. andHoremheb. Decad-ence began after thereign of…
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