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Dynamic symmetry; the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924, Yale University. Rutherford Trowbridge memorial publication fund · New Haven, Conn., and New York city, Yale university press; [etc., etc.] · leaf 146

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phorae shapes, perpendicular. Also, Greek classic artists wasted little design material. This is shown by their use of curves. Practically all convex curves of one design are repeated as concave curves in other creations. For example, the convex curve of the pelike is the concave curve of the… … Fig. I . Black-figured Skyphos in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. (Measured and drawn by the Museum Staff.)

Design · Vases, Greek

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