The book A History of Art in Ancient Egypt 2 was written by author Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914 Here you can read free online of A History of Art in Ancient Egypt 2 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A History of Art in Ancient Egypt 2 a good or bad book?
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469. The Principal Conventions in Egyptian Sculpture. 295 are rendered with as much care and detail as if there were no veil between their beauty and the eye of the spectator (Fig. 247). An arbitrary combination of a similar character is employed by the Egyptian artist when he wishes to show a number of persons behind one another on a horizontal plane ; he places them vertically one above the other. The great battle pictures at Thebes are an instance of this (Fig. 1 3, Vol .1.). Enemies still f...ighting are mingled with dead and wounded into one confused heap in front of Pharaoh's car, and reach from top to bottom of the relief. The same con- vention is to be found in the ranks of prisoners, workmen, or Fig. 246. — Bas-relief from .Sakkarah. Fifth dynasty. soldiers, marching over a flat surface ; they are arranged in a kind of echelon upon the field of the relief (Fig. 42).^ ' For other conventional methods, of a similar though even more remarkable kind but of less frequent occurrence, see Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, etc., vol.
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