26/135 The picture is not badly composed, and it would need but little alteration if transferred to a modern canvas. The same old awkwardness, or rather the same old obstinate custom, which compelled the Egyptian artist to put a profile head upon a full-face bust, has, however, prevented him from placing his middle distance and background behind his foreground. He has, therefore, been reduced to adopt certain more or less ingenious contrivances, in order to make up for an almost complete absence of perspective. 169 .-- From wall-scene in tomb of Horemheb.] [Illustration: Fig. 170 .-- From wall-scene, Ramesseum.] [Illustration: Fig. |