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Representative art
In fig. 64, an African mask, the surfaces of forehead, eyes, cheeks
and nose are the determinants of the form which has been treated
decoratively with the greatest freedom. There are no ears; the eyes
are slits with geometrical ornaments; the mouth a circle emclosing
Fig. 64. Wooden mask,
Urua, Congo.
Fig. 65. Carved board,
Papua Gulf, New Guinea.
a cross. In fig. 65, representing a painted carving from New Guinea,
the outline of the face, emphasized by the hair line, eyes, and mouth, is
easily recognized, but all the other parts are treated purely decoratively.
The opposite method is found, for instance, in Egyptian paintings
and reliefs in which eyes, nose, hands, and feet are shown with a
Representative art
In fig. 64, an African mask, the surfaces of forehead, eyes, cheeks
and nose are the determinants of the form which has been treated
decoratively with the greatest freedom. There are no ears; the eyes
are slits with geometrical ornaments; the mouth a circle emclosing
Fig. 64. Wooden mask,
Urua, Congo.
Fig. 65. Carved board,
Papua Gulf, New Guinea.
a cross. In fig. 65, representing a painted carving from New Guinea,
the outline of the face, emphasized by the hair line, eyes, and mouth, is
easily recognized, but all the other parts are treated purely decoratively.
The opposite method is found, for instance, in Egyptian paintings
and reliefs in which eyes, nose, hands, and feet are shown with a