Egyptian decorative art : a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution /by W.M. Flinders Petrie (1920)
Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London : Methuen · leaf 50
omplicated by lotus flowersand buds in the hollows and recesses. In this direction, again, the Egyptianshad reached the limit beyond which moredetail would be merely confusing. By care-ful use of colour to separate the variousparts, these complex patterns remain clearand pleasing in spite of their… … spirals. Still it has a simple dignity,related to the scarabspirals rather than theflowing surface patterns.This became formalisedinto a torturing kind ofdesign, which can onlybe described as cur- 58.-P. 85. sedly ingenious. By simplifying the pre-vious pattern, a wavewas invented whichwas equal in…
Decorative arts -- Egypt · Decoration and ornament -- Egypt
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