. A history of art in ancient Egypt . Fig. 66.—Ramesseum, Thebes. {Description deVEgypte, t. ii., pi. 28.) The proportional combinations of these elements are such thatthey cannot be methodically classified, and in this the architectureof Egypt is distinguished from that which we call classic. In Greek I02 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. art there is a modulus the quantitative relationof forms to each other, and fixes a mutual and invariable inter-dependence. This modulus is found in the diameter of thecolumn, and the standard of proportion which is based upon itis called a
. A history of art in ancient Egypt . Fig. 66.—Ramesseum, Thebes. {Description deVEgypte, t. ii., pi. 28.) The proportional combinations of these elements are such thatthey cannot be methodically classified, and in this the architectureof Egypt is distinguished from that which we call classic. In Greek I02 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. art there is a modulus the quantitative relationof forms to each other, and fixes a mutual and invariable inter-dependence. This modulus is found in the diameter of thecolumn, and the standard of proportion which is based upon itis called a canon. In Egypt, as in other countries, there musthave been a certain connection between the diameter of a columnand its height, but there was no approach to that rigid andimmutable law which had its effect upon every detail of a Greektemple. The modulus, in Egyptian art, was used with suchfreedom, and gave rise to such varied proportions, that we may saythat no canon existed. The elementary forms of an Egyptian. ,ip4p** Fio. 67.—The Egyptian Gorge or Cornice. edifice had so little dependence upon the modulus that we neednot take it into consideration, and, in this sense, the art ofEgypt was not mathematical, like that of Greece. Finally, all Egyptian buildings are crowned by the sameentablature, an architrave and the moulding which is called theEcryptian gorge (Fig. 67).^ An architectural member, the plainquadrangular architrave, is invariably inserted between thistermination and the upper extremity of the voids and pointsof support. ^ We know but one or two exceptions to this rule. It will suffice to quote theRoyal Pavilion of Medinet Abou, which is crowned by a row of battlements. X 2; o 33
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