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 59
ow the eye (speakingin terms of the belt, and not of the faces), are occupiedby additional mouths, which are evidently inserted froma sense of symmetry; that they are supplemented, and notessential, is proved by the absence of any nasal line con-necting them with the eye. The spirals below each… … Fig. 13. —British Museum. eye-spot. A comparison of these figures with the eyes onmasks, and other objects from this district, proves that thesix rays are but a symmetrical coalescence of two pairsof eye-areas.^ The angled double lines are clearly thoseprolongations of the eye-area which in many…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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