The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt . 47.49. AmenardysBasalt head 48. Mentu-em-hat50. Wooden head THE STATUARY superior to such a rigorous training. The characterof work is scarcely Egyptian ; it belongs rather tothe same school as the republican Roman portraits,but is earlier than those, as it has more precision ofdetail. Lastly, we have one of the best examples of Greekinfluence in Egypt shown by the wood-carving ofa coffin (fig. 50). The long narrow face shaded bythick wavy hair is Greek in feeling, while the featherhead-dress is old Egyptian. Unfortunately, thedecay of the wood has broken
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The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt . 47.49. AmenardysBasalt head 48. Mentu-em-hat50. Wooden head THE STATUARY superior to such a rigorous training. The characterof work is scarcely Egyptian ; it belongs rather tothe same school as the republican Roman portraits, but is earlier than those, as it has more precision ofdetail. Lastly, we have one of the best examples of Greekinfluence in Egypt shown by the wood-carving ofa coffin (fig. 50). The long narrow face shaded bythick wavy hair is Greek in feeling, while the featherhead-dress is old Egyptian. Unfortunately, thedecay of the wood has broken the surface, but itstill remains an impressive example of Egyptianinfluence on art which is mainly Greek. CHAPTER IV THE RELIEFS In reliefs the representation of Nature is compli-cated by the inevitable use of some conventions, and some kind of perspective, to reduce solid ob-jects to a plane delineation. It follows that for thestudy of naturalistic art they are inferior to statuary, though they give rise to a whole system of artisticc