An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)
Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 251
one from Amorgos and another fromMelos (Fig. 238), are seen uninterrupted spiral designs covering the whole de-corated surface. Alsoon stone ornaments,and on a terracottacover from Sikinos.^Curiously enough how-ever pre-Mycenseanpottery from theIslands does not ap-pear to show spiralornament. It is… … Fig. 238.—Pyxis from Melos. CHARACTER OF BRONZE AGE DECORATION 205 horizontal line. The painted pottery with spiral ornamentfrom Melos and Thera is of later date, and if not Mycenrean,is closely allied to it.^ Later, in the Mycencean Age, thespiral becomes a most characteristic feature in the…
Art, Primitive
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