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The surface similarity of Cycladic and Brancusi sculptural styles may well derive
from some fundamental congruences in function or in world - view ( though I
doubt it myself ) : but if there are any simple congruences , they can only be
reached ...
The surface similarity of Cycladic and Brancusi sculptural styles may well derive
from some fundamental congruences in function or in world - view ( though I
doubt it myself ) : but if there are any simple congruences , they can only be
reached ...
Page 162
I do fully admit that function does limit the possible range of stylistic variability (
Sackett 1982 ) . However , functional limitations seem to arise more from the
material and technological constraints than from some external convention .
I do fully admit that function does limit the possible range of stylistic variability (
Sackett 1982 ) . However , functional limitations seem to arise more from the
material and technological constraints than from some external convention .
Page 208
Instead the explanation is seen to lie in the difference of the function of art in pre -
Greek and Greek cultures : Egyptian art was essentially totemic , embodying in its
signs timeless events and timeless presences ; Greek art was doing ...
Instead the explanation is seen to lie in the difference of the function of art in pre -
Greek and Greek cultures : Egyptian art was essentially totemic , embodying in its
signs timeless events and timeless presences ; Greek art was doing ...
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