hich the grainhas been extracted. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 havecharacteristics of surface, form or decoration, whichremind one of certain sea-shells or sea-weed;Fig. 7 displays the net-like structure of certainorganisms ; Fig. 8 has a texture not unlike thatof a cabbage; Fig. 9, the skin of a wild… … FIG. 17. MODELLED AND INCISED DECORATION would have been inappropriate and inartistic : butto have allowed them to suggest a scheme of orna-mentation adapted to the technical requirementsand qualities of the material is entirely permissible.The striations on Fig. i follow and accentuatethe form of…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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