Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 21
wing is a great peculiarity or charac- teristic of Egyptian draw- ing-. But mark ! with this severity there is alwa^'s coupled an amount of dignity, and in some cases this dignity is very ap- parent. Length of line, firmness of drawing, se- verity of form, and sub- Fig. 2. tlety of curve are the… … of the forms which their !llt| ornaments were to assume. Mark, then, the expressum Fi-. 3. of the severity of character and dignified bearing of the priesthood : in the very drawing of a simple flower we have presented to us the character of the men who brought about its production. But this is…
Decoration and ornament
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