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Dynamic symmetry: the Greek vase (1920)

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924 · New Haven, Yale Univ. Press · leaf 143

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the amphorae shapes, perpendicular. Also, Greek classicartists wasted little design material. This is shown by their use of curves.Practically all convex curves of one design are repeated as concave curves inother creations. For example, the convex curve of the pelike is the concavecurve of the… … Fig. I. Black-figured Skyphos in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.(Measured and drawn by the Museum Staff.) io6 DYNAMIC SYMMETRY The two skyphoi, Figs, i and 4 ot this chapter, should be compared. The ele-vation of each shows the same rectangle. One vase is in the MetropolitanMuseum, New York, the…

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