Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 188.—Pool and palm-trees,from tomb of Rekhmara,Eighteenth Dynasty. SELECTION AND SEQUENCE OF SCENES. 213 When applied to large spaces these proceedingsare less startling than they are on small panels. Onefeels that the most experienced artist would be forcedto resort to some artifice if called upon to cover thewalls of a pylon, and this consideration renders usmore indulgent especially as the subjects treated inthese immense bas-reliefs are never confined to one. Fig. 189.—
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 188.—Pool and palm-trees,from tomb of Rekhmara,Eighteenth Dynasty. SELECTION AND SEQUENCE OF SCENES. 213 When applied to large spaces these proceedingsare less startling than they are on small panels. Onefeels that the most experienced artist would be forcedto resort to some artifice if called upon to cover thewalls of a pylon, and this consideration renders usmore indulgent especially as the subjects treated inthese immense bas-reliefs are never confined to one. Fig. 189.—Scene from tomb of Rekhmara, Eighteenth Dynasty. single episode. Restricted as they were to com-memorating the victories of the Pharaoh, the Pharaohnecessarily plays the principal part ; but instead ofchoosing from among his mighty deeds a dominantepisode, the artists employed elected to detail thesuccessive events of his campaign : a night attack onthe Egyptian camp by a band of Asiatics, spies sentby the prince of the Kheti to mislead the Pharaoh asto his plans, the military camp of the king surprised 214 PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. and broken into by the Hittite chariots, the battle ofKadesh and its various incidents. In this way thepylons of Luxor and of the Ramesseum give us anillustrated history of the campaign of Ran:ieses the Syrians. It was after the same fashionthat painters of the early Italian schools represented
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