Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . rding to genus and species ; theyare very clever impressions, but not genuine portraitsof plants. The cat is, of course, most interesting, asgiving the Egyptian source of the design. But theMinoan master adapted the Egyptian design into amasterpiece of his own, perfectly Minoan in way in which the cat walks across the background,in the air, so to speak, with nothing beneath his feet,would have astonished an Egyptian painter, but is quitein keeping with the free-and-easy, summary spiritof Minoan painting.
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . rding to genus and species ; theyare very clever impressions, but not genuine portraitsof plants. The cat is, of course, most interesting, asgiving the Egyptian source of the design. But theMinoan master adapted the Egyptian design into amasterpiece of his own, perfectly Minoan in way in which the cat walks across the background,in the air, so to speak, with nothing beneath his feet,would have astonished an Egyptian painter, but is quitein keeping with the free-and-easy, summary spiritof Minoan painting. Fig. 67. — Hagia Triada ; cat fresco(). Candia Musejtni. Candia Museum. , I, p. 199/. i86 AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY Quite different in Miniature-frescoes which we see groups ofyet masterly fashion ;and a crowd of men analtar ; at Tylissos menalone and in groups.^ scale are the contemporaryof Knossos and Tylissos, inhuman beings sketched in slight,at Knossos ladies at a window,d women near a temple or greatand women, sitting or standing,Here the speediness of the work.
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