Evolution in art : as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1902)
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London : W. Scott ; New York : C. Scribner's · leaf 162
hen a new class of objects is to be decorated the artist has a chance to exhibit his originaHty; even so this is about the last thing which decorative artists do manifest. The constraint of custom appears to exert an influence too potent to be readily snapped, and so the Egyptian decora-tor, being… … Fig. 76.—Pattern fromthe ceiling of a tomb,Necropolis of Thel)es,Eighteenth Dynasty ;from Coffey, after Prisse dAvennes.elements of which had been elaborated elsewhere. I40 EVOLUTION IN ART.
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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