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
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… … The fret patterns are all modifications ofcorresponding spirals. The cause of such 36 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART change is obviously the influence of weav-JT ing. As early as theth dynasty we find i V
Decorative arts -- Egypt · Decoration and ornament -- Egypt
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