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Word: ptahhotep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1954-1954
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...paintings are masterpieces which bear out a dictum of the sage Ptahhotep (see hieroglyphics below): "No limit may be set to art ..." The majority, however, for all their historical interest, are either stereotyped or clumsy, and illustrate the second half of Ptahhotep's saying: ". . . Neither is there any craftsman that is fully master of his craft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: SCRIBES OF OUTLINES | 9/13/1954 | See Source »

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