. Egypt painted and described . ostat, or the tombs of the Khalifs, areviews in which he finds the great city for the first timein repose, and enveloped in a soft light which sweetensand dignifies dome and minaret and mass of building. Free from distracting noise and insistent detail, heis beginning to understand the spirit of the scene. Each hour of the day, as the light changes, the samesubject varies infinitely in colour and effect, and leadsthe mind to poetic treatment of the scene ; and soby slow degrees the student^ industriously reproducingwhat he sees, merges into the artist who, famil
. Egypt painted and described . ostat, or the tombs of the Khalifs, areviews in which he finds the great city for the first timein repose, and enveloped in a soft light which sweetensand dignifies dome and minaret and mass of building. Free from distracting noise and insistent detail, heis beginning to understand the spirit of the scene. Each hour of the day, as the light changes, the samesubject varies infinitely in colour and effect, and leadsthe mind to poetic treatment of the scene ; and soby slow degrees the student^ industriously reproducingwhat he sees, merges into the artist who, familiar withall the facts before him, seeks to clothe them in somebeautiful idea, in which is embodied something ofhimself and his new-born appreciation of the light ofheaven. Picturesque as the life of the cities is, nothing inall Egypt is half so beautiful or difficult of attainmentas its wonderful skies. Egypt is essentially a landscapecountry whose eternal flatness demands expansive treat- 60 THE CITADEL AND CAIRO FROM THE EAST.
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