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4 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
Egyptian with true decorative instinct clung
to his pictorial writing, modified it to adapt
it to his designs, and was rewarded by having
the most beautiful writing that ever existed,
and one which excited and gave scope to his
artistic tastes on every monument. This is
but one illustration of the inherent power
for design and decoration which made the
Egyptian the father of the world's orna-
ment.
In other directions we see the same
ability. In the adaptation of the scenes of
peace or of war to the gigantic wall surfaces
of the pylons and temples ; in the grand
situations chosen for the buildings, from the
platform of cliffs for the pyramids at Gizeh,
to the graceful island of Philse ; in the pro-
fusion of ornament on the small objects of
daily life, which yet never appear inappro-
priate until a debased period ;—in all these
different manners the: Egyptian showed a
Egyptian with true decorative instinct clung
to his pictorial writing, modified it to adapt
it to his designs, and was rewarded by having
the most beautiful writing that ever existed,
and one which excited and gave scope to his
artistic tastes on every monument. This is
but one illustration of the inherent power
for design and decoration which made the
Egyptian the father of the world's orna-
ment.
In other directions we see the same
ability. In the adaptation of the scenes of
peace or of war to the gigantic wall surfaces
of the pylons and temples ; in the grand
situations chosen for the buildings, from the
platform of cliffs for the pyramids at Gizeh,
to the graceful island of Philse ; in the pro-
fusion of ornament on the small objects of
daily life, which yet never appear inappro-
priate until a debased period ;—in all these
different manners the: Egyptian showed a