Evolution in art: as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1895)
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London, W. Scott, ltd. · leaf 207
hese are here arranged with perfect regularity, but sometimes only the latter occur in patterns, and then they are often some- what irregularly disposed. From his prolonged study of ancient American art, Mr. Holmes formulates the following generalisation :— " The agencies of modification inherent… … Fig. ioi. — Pattern composed of alligator derivatives, from a clay drum painted in the style of the " lost colour group, " Chiriqui ; after Holmes. devices upon which our leading ornaments, such as the meander, the scroll, the fret, the chevron, and the guilloche, are based" (p. 187). The…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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