The decorative art of Crete in the bronze age .. (1907)
Dohan, Edith Hall, 1877-1943 · Philadelphia, Press of the J. C. Winston co. · leaf 39
bronze age was revealed.^ The insertion of flower types within heartshaped leaves (Figs. 54 and 55) is frequent in this as in the preceding period (compare Fig. 36). The explanation of the origin of these patterns given on page 30 will be confirmed by a comparison of them with Fig. 52 1. The… … Fig. ,53. Design on a Sherd from a Knossos House. The rock-work pattern might in this period be quite as well classed with the non-imitative as with the imitative designs, for it is used in the majority of cases without any thought of picturing the natural surface of the ground. Most frequently it…
Pottery · Decoration and ornament
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