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 62
t resolves itself into two main groups, the secondof which, so far as I am aware, is represented by only asingle specimen. (I.) Vertical faces looking towards one another.—Owingto the variety of their component elements the patterns inthis series of belts are liable to considerable variation,… … Fig. 17.—Maiva, Berlin Museum. Fig. 18 represents a condition in which the verticalfaces are monocular; the line beneath the eye is evidentlythe suggestion of a nose, and the angled dentate line indi-cates the mouth with its teeth. All these faces are equallydeveloped. The horizontal series of…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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