Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 208
their geometrical orna-ment, the Japanese sub-stituted figures of birds,dragons, chimeras, women—which are really pic-tures, through their move-ment and composition.The New Zealanders, ifthey preserved in theirtattooing the geometricalornament of their Oceanicancestors, brought to it aprecision, a… … Easter Island. Colossal sculpture, lava. (Britisk Museum.) 182 MEDIAEVAL ART across the Pacific have scarcely more of a historythan those of the birds that wander from cHmateto cHmate—they retained thé ardent sensualism thatdistinguishes the populations of Oceanica. Like thelatter, they loved to…
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