The decorative art of Crete in the bronze age .. (1907)
Dohan, Edith Hall, 1877-1943 · Philadelphia, Press of the J. C. Winston co. · leaf 35
istic to the conventional naturalistic class, and (2) that combinations of different kinds of design are more frequent. With these remarks by way of preface, we may look at these designs class by class. Figs. 48 and 49 may be cited as evidence that pure naturalistic designs are not wanting in this… … Fig. 48, from B. S. A. 1902-3, IX, p. 117, Fig. 72. yet the artist has not cared to draw the plant so accurately that the spectator could see at a glance what species ic was. The realism here is again of a limited kind. Leaves and tendrils are omitted from among the blossoms and the whole plant is…
Pottery · Decoration and ornament
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