# The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt

Author: Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), 1853-1942

Genre: Category: History - Ancient

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52830

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Arts+and+Crafts+of+Ancient+Egypt+Petrie&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The art of a country, like the character of the inhabitants, belongs to the nature of the land. The climate, the scenery, the contrasts of each country, all clothe the artistic impulse as diversely as they clothe the people themselves. A burly, florid Teuton in his furs and jewellery, and a lithe brown Indian in his waist-cloth, would each look entirely absurd in the other’s dress. There is no question of which dress is intrinsically the best in the world; each is relatively the best for its own conditions, and each is out of place in other conditions. So it is with art: it is the expression of thought and feeling in harmony with its own conditions. The only bad art is that which is mecha...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-arts-and-crafts-of-ancient-egypt-52830/chapters/12/index.md)