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 293
holarly treatmentof the first Mem phi teschool, nor the grandand sometimes rude manner of the second Thcbanschool, the proportions of the body are more slender,and the limbs lose in vigour what they gain inelegance. A remarkable change in the attitude isalso observable. Orientals assume attitudes… … Fig. 221.—Hathor-cow in green basalt,Saite work. ATTITUDE IN SCULPTURE. 267 ground, or a^j^ain they sit on the ground with theirlegs drawn up and arms crossed on their knees.The bas-reHefs show that these four attitudes were inuse as early as the Old Kingdom, but the two lastwere not adopted for…
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