Two Men, One Painting
Images from Illustrations of the Bible from the Monuments of Egypt
Most Egyptian picture painters were scribes who had specialized in painting in the distinctive “profile style” familiar to all students of Egyptian art. To avoid errors, they traced the picture in chalk on the surface to be painted and then effaced all trace of the chalk from the finished picture. Moses, instructed in all Egyptian wisdom, would have known at least the basics of painting.
Acts 7:22
Most Egyptian picture painters were scribes who had specialized in painting in the distinctive “profile style” familiar to all students of Egyptian art. To avoid errors, they traced the picture in chalk on the surface to be painted and then effaced all trace of the chalk from the finished picture. Moses, instructed in all Egyptian wisdom, would have known at least the basics of painting.
Acts 7:22
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