Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . Triada, or Mycenae, as And the potteryfound with these is, as we should expect, of the At Knossos the distinction between the twoperiods is marked by a second remodelling of the Palaceat the beginning of , which left it practically inthe state in which we find it now. The chief characteristic of the pottery of isits greater stylization and conventionalization,which goes hand in hand with a quality which we canonly call rococo. The art of the splendidly re-modelled Palace is a rococo art
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . Triada, or Mycenae, as And the potteryfound with these is, as we should expect, of the At Knossos the distinction between the twoperiods is marked by a second remodelling of the Palaceat the beginning of , which left it practically inthe state in which we find it now. The chief characteristic of the pottery of isits greater stylization and conventionalization,which goes hand in hand with a quality which we canonly call rococo. The art of the splendidly re-modelled Palace is a rococo art. The ceramic artistshave lost a great deal of the naturalistic beauty ofthe designs of and , and they have• Seager, Pseira, p. 11. POTTERY 97 purposely abandoned it in the pride o£ their prefer more imperial gauds, and have passed on toa more splendid but at the same time somewhat mere-tricious style of decoration. There is a pompous stiff-ness about their work ; it is rococo ; and when it isfantastic it can even be baroque. And yet—as rococo.
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