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grass in which it is moving is represented by 

 scratches reaching up to its middle. 



Art hardly less rude and naive than this is 

 found among the most backward peoples to- 

 day ; and it is easy to see that from such art 

 was gradually developed that from which we 

 are now learning so much of the ancient civili- 

 sation of the valley of the Nile. 



The art of Egypt furnishes us with an ex- 

 tremely interesting form of landscape paint- 

 ing. A plan is given of the scene intended to 

 be represented, and the upright objects in it, 

 and the people, are shown as if they were lying 

 down. Trees are represented by a few lines ; 

 but so that we can distinguish various kinds of 

 them, such as the sycamore, the date-tree, and 

 the cruciferous palm. Trees are also seen 

 trained along espaliers. Such art as this has 

 a close resemblance to that of the nursery. 



We have an advance in art when we find, 

 as in a painting on wood, in the museum at 

 Ghizeh, a landscape represented as it actually 

 appears to the eye, and not as a combination 

 of plan and actual appearance. And, in parti- 

 cular, trees are now seen rooted in the ground 

 and rising into the air. They are symbols 



