A HISTORY OF ART IN ANCIENT EGYPT FROM THE FRENCH OF GEORGES PERROT, PROFESSOR IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS, PARIS; MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE AND CHARLES CHIPIEZ. ILLUSTRATED WITH FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT, AND FOURTEEN STEEL AND COLOURED PLATES. _IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. II._ TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY WALTER ARMSTRONG, B. A., OXON., AUTHOR OF "ALFRED STEVENS," ETC. [Illustration] London: CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED. New York: A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON. 1883. London: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, BREAD STREET HILL. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CIVIL AND MILITARY ARCHITECTURE. § 1. The Graphic Processes employed by the Egyptians in their representations of Buildings § 2. The Palace § 3. The Egyptian House § 4. Military Architecture CHAPTER II. METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION, THE ORDERS, SECONDARY FORMS. § 1. An Analysis of Architectural Forms necessary § 2. Materials § 3. Construction § 4. The Arch § 5. The Pier and Column.--The Egyptian Orders Their Origin General Types of Supports § 6. The Ordonnance of Egyptian Colonnades § 7. Monumental Details § 8. Doors and Windows Doors Windows § 9. The Illumination of the Temples § 10. The Obelisks § 11. The Profession of Architect CHAPTER III. SCULPTURE. § 1. The Origin of Statue-making § 2. Sculpture under the Ancient Empire § 3. Sculpture under the First Theban Empire § 4. Sculpture under the Second Theban Empire § 5. The Art of the Saite Period § 6. The Principal Themes of Egyptian Sculpture § 7. The Technique of the Bas-reliefs § 8. Gems § 9. The Principal Conventions in Egyptian Sculpture § 10. The General Characteristics of the Egyptian Style CHAPTER IV. PAINTING. § 1. Technical Processes § 2. The Figure § 3. Caricature § 4. Ornament CHAPTER V. THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. § 1. Definition and Characteristics of Industrial Art § 2. Glass and Pottery § 3. Metal-work and Jewelry § 4. Woodwork § 5. The Commerce of Egypt CHAPTER VI. THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EGYPTIAN ART, AND THE PLACE OF EGYPT IN ART HISTORY APPENDIX INDEX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. COLOURED PLATES. Thebes, the Pavilion of Medinet-Abou, restored Portico in the temple of Medinet-Abou, restored Rahotep and Nefert, Boulak Museum The _Scribe_, Louvre The Queen Taia, Boulak Museum Funerary offerings, fragment of a painting upon plaster, Louvre Tomb of Ptah-hotep, fragment of Western Wall Tomb of Ptah-hotep, ceiling and upper part of Western Wall FIG.