s each other at right angles can also be made by powdering a unit regularly over a surface, and, secondly, we ascertain what a slight change is necessary to resolve a design formed of half-disks regularly powdered over a ground into one made up of meandering cross lines. But since the object of… … FIG. 73. The method of arrangement of the units com- posing a pattern should always be the basis of classi- fication, and not their nature, since it is obvious that with a given element several distinct types of design can beformed. Thismaybe seenin the three examples from Attic black-figured vases…
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