Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . OA. POTTERY 79 knobs in relief, which are strongly reminiscent of metal-work (Fig. 18). We find Middle Minoan pithoi both atPhaistos and Knossos, but chiefly at the former of the ILnosshn pithoi are of the later period, andtheir ornament is much toned down from the fantasticrelief-decoration of their Middle Minoan ancestors. In the ceramic art of the Third Middle Minoanperiod we seem to see the operation of a restrained andcultivated taste which had reduced the wild exuberanceof the Second Middle Minoan pe
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . OA. POTTERY 79 knobs in relief, which are strongly reminiscent of metal-work (Fig. 18). We find Middle Minoan pithoi both atPhaistos and Knossos, but chiefly at the former of the ILnosshn pithoi are of the later period, andtheir ornament is much toned down from the fantasticrelief-decoration of their Middle Minoan ancestors. In the ceramic art of the Third Middle Minoanperiod we seem to see the operation of a restrained andcultivated taste which had reduced the wild exuberanceof the Second Middle Minoan period to greater orderli-ness of idea. The pottery becomes sober in form anddecoration, and exhibits astyle which to my mind isthe most pleasing of all. Bigvases are usual, of somewhatcoarse ware, covered with apurplish wash, sometimesallowed to trickle down thesides of the vase in admireddisorder (Fig. 19, 5). Whenthe wash covers the wholevase, on it are painted inwhite either plain lines orsimple naturalistic designsderived from plants. Therather blatant polychromy of the pre
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