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by Willian A Ward

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This illuminating study investigates the use of proportion in Egyptian art, and defines exactly the traditional canon which had been suspected by archaeologists before, although never properly examined. Iversen shows that the ancient artists proceeded along lines established at the dawn of Egyptian representative art, to produce the elegant formality which is their outstanding hall mark. The most outstanding contribution to the scientific archaeology of Egypt in the last twenty five years.' (The late Prof. J. Cerny, Professor of Egyptology at Oxford)