BY W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE D.C.L., F.R.S., F.B.A., ETC., PROFESSOR OF EGYPTOLOGY IN LONDON UNIVERSITY; AUTHOR OF “A HISTORY OF EGYPT,” ETC. This present handbook is intended to aid in the understanding of Egyptian art, and the illustrations and descriptions are selected for that purpose only. The history of the art would require a far greater range of examples, in order to illustrate the growth and decay of each of the great periods; whereas here only the most striking works of each period are shown, in order to contrast the different civilisations. The origins and connections of the art in each age are scarcely touched, and the technical details are only such as are needed to see the conditi…
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