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Figures 16-1J make up easily definable geometric shapes : a line , a triangle , a
ring with crossed diameters ; which gives them one kind of order , the geometric .
They may depict physical objects stick perhaps , a triangular metal dagger ...
Figures 16-1J make up easily definable geometric shapes : a line , a triangle , a
ring with crossed diameters ; which gives them one kind of order , the geometric .
They may depict physical objects stick perhaps , a triangular metal dagger ...
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... and not the objects themselves . For decoration , however ' geometric ' and '
abstract ' it must appear , must have its origins in a human response to the natural
world . This can be shown if we consider the etymology of individual elements or
...
... and not the objects themselves . For decoration , however ' geometric ' and '
abstract ' it must appear , must have its origins in a human response to the natural
world . This can be shown if we consider the etymology of individual elements or
...
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The individual geometric motifs which fill the visual fields thus defined carry little
information per se , in relation to the ... Nevetheless , they contribute to the overall
geometry of the plaque as a way of stressing the cultural ( geometric ) as ...
The individual geometric motifs which fill the visual fields thus defined carry little
information per se , in relation to the ... Nevetheless , they contribute to the overall
geometry of the plaque as a way of stressing the cultural ( geometric ) as ...
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