. A history of art in ancient Egypt . rtain properties. To give but a single example, neither the hypo-style halls ofEgypt and Persepolis, nor the Greek temples, with their archi-traves resting upon widely spaced columns, with the coffered roofsof their porticos, and their decorative and expressive sculpture, couldhave been carried out in brick. In stone, or rather in marble,alone, could the typical temple, such as the Parthenon, have beenrealised ; without such a material the Greeks could never havecreated that incomparable ensemble whose different parts are so I04 A History of Art in Ancient
. A history of art in ancient Egypt . rtain properties. To give but a single example, neither the hypo-style halls ofEgypt and Persepolis, nor the Greek temples, with their archi-traves resting upon widely spaced columns, with the coffered roofsof their porticos, and their decorative and expressive sculpture, couldhave been carried out in brick. In stone, or rather in marble,alone, could the typical temple, such as the Parthenon, have beenrealised ; without such a material the Greeks could never havecreated that incomparable ensemble whose different parts are so I04 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. intimately allied one with another, in which the richest decorationis in complete unity with the constructive forms which it accen-tuates and embellishes. Brick could never have led to theinvention or employment of these forms. Those who try toimitate them in any such material have to make up for itsdeficiencies by various ingenious devices. The joints between thebricks have to be hidden under stucco, the mouldings and carved. sjM-JJX JMfMU}i^d^S^,MM^^i&J&J!^iis^&Je^
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