Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . y tr. o ^ < -• The Roman Empire and Early Egypt which we are considering may be dated3500 B. c. : that will do as well as anotherdate : it is earlier than any date even ap-proximately associated with any other king-dom or race, except always the newly-fixedfacts concerning the peoples of the Meso-potamian Plain. The statues of Prince RaHotep and his wife, Nefert, in the GizehMuseum show as much ignorance, if it isignorance, about the facts of the feet andthe hands, as would a carving of a SouthAfrican savage: but the facts that
Appreciation of sculpture; a handbook by Russell Sturgis ... . y tr. o ^ < -• The Roman Empire and Early Egypt which we are considering may be dated3500 B. c. : that will do as well as anotherdate : it is earlier than any date even ap-proximately associated with any other king-dom or race, except always the newly-fixedfacts concerning the peoples of the Meso-potamian Plain. The statues of Prince RaHotep and his wife, Nefert, in the GizehMuseum show as much ignorance, if it isignorance, about the facts of the feet andthe hands, as would a carving of a SouthAfrican savage: but the facts that thepose of the body is well understood, thehead well set on the torso, powerful, wellmarked, and correct in its main mass,are all the evidence of a strong sculptur-esque tradition already in existence, and ofa strong sculpturesque feeling in the artistwho composed the statue. We are inclined,therefore, to ascribe the clumsy fingersand toes and the very poor articulation ofthe wrists and ankles to the awkwardnesswhich we might expect in men designingstatues
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