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Excerpt from Arts in St. Louis It is both an interesting and instructive study to investigate the antiquity of Art, and to observe its phases and modifications as it descends through different ages, and is manifest in the varied nations, from the most remote to the present era in the history of the world. To the inquiring student in this field, the iconographic researches, which have of late years been carried to a considerable extent, have opened hitherto unexplored fields; while, at the same time, science has been materially aided in the establishment of certain facts in reference to the habits and peculiarities of nations of antiquity. The oldest statues, in fact, the earliest monuments of human art that probably are now extant, are those which have been brought from Egypt and placed in the Louvre Museum, and are of great value, firstly: In assisting the inquirer to form a correct idea of the art of that country, before it became fettered by a traditionary hierarchic type; and, secondly: because, in a scientific point of view, much light is thrown upon the vexed question of the "permanency of scull forms" existing in the same nation for thousands of years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.