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Conclusion
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it is quite possible that in different industries, particularly when
carried along by different parts of the population, quite distinctive
styles may prevail. The excellence and consistency of a style as
well as the multiplicity of forms depend upon the perfection of
technique. We found, therefore, that in those cases in which
technical work is done by the men alone, they are the creative
artists, that when the women do a great deal of technical work they
are no less productive, and that when the two sexes carry on
different industries they may develop distinctive styles. It is, how-
ever, more frequent that the style of a dominant industry may be
imposed upon work made by other processes. Weaving in coarse
material seemed to be a most fertile source of patterns that are
imitated in paintings, carvings, and pottery.
A comparison of the fundamental elements that are found in the
graphic and plastic arts,— in the arts of space,— as contrasted
with those of poetry, music, and dance,— the arts of time,— brings
out certain differences and similarities. Common to both are rhythm,
and it seems likely that the rhythm of technique is merely a spacial
expression of the rhythm of time, in so far as the rhythmic move-
ments result in rhythmic forms when applied to technical pursuits.
We may perhaps also speak in both types of art of attempts to
emphasize closed forms, for often we find musical phrases, and
single ideas in poetry closed by what might be called a decorative
end, consisting of burdens or of codas. Similar elements may also
appear as introductions in the beginning. Completely lacking in the
pure arts of time is symmetry, because an inverted time order does
not convey the impression of symmetry, as is the case in the arts
of space. It occurs only in a symmetrical arrangement of phrases..
Dance contains elements of both the spacial and time arts. Therefore,,
the principles of the former may be clearly observed in dance forms.
Rhythmic movements and rhythmic spacial order, symmetry of posi-
tion and of movement, and emphasis and balance of form are essential
in esthetic dance forms.
1 he graphic and plastic arts owe much of their emotional value
355
it is quite possible that in different industries, particularly when
carried along by different parts of the population, quite distinctive
styles may prevail. The excellence and consistency of a style as
well as the multiplicity of forms depend upon the perfection of
technique. We found, therefore, that in those cases in which
technical work is done by the men alone, they are the creative
artists, that when the women do a great deal of technical work they
are no less productive, and that when the two sexes carry on
different industries they may develop distinctive styles. It is, how-
ever, more frequent that the style of a dominant industry may be
imposed upon work made by other processes. Weaving in coarse
material seemed to be a most fertile source of patterns that are
imitated in paintings, carvings, and pottery.
A comparison of the fundamental elements that are found in the
graphic and plastic arts,— in the arts of space,— as contrasted
with those of poetry, music, and dance,— the arts of time,— brings
out certain differences and similarities. Common to both are rhythm,
and it seems likely that the rhythm of technique is merely a spacial
expression of the rhythm of time, in so far as the rhythmic move-
ments result in rhythmic forms when applied to technical pursuits.
We may perhaps also speak in both types of art of attempts to
emphasize closed forms, for often we find musical phrases, and
single ideas in poetry closed by what might be called a decorative
end, consisting of burdens or of codas. Similar elements may also
appear as introductions in the beginning. Completely lacking in the
pure arts of time is symmetry, because an inverted time order does
not convey the impression of symmetry, as is the case in the arts
of space. It occurs only in a symmetrical arrangement of phrases..
Dance contains elements of both the spacial and time arts. Therefore,,
the principles of the former may be clearly observed in dance forms.
Rhythmic movements and rhythmic spacial order, symmetry of posi-
tion and of movement, and emphasis and balance of form are essential
in esthetic dance forms.
1 he graphic and plastic arts owe much of their emotional value