Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 4,1): Emergence of outer western enceinte, with new illustrations, artistic and religious, of the Middle Minoan Phase (London, 1935)

296 DECORATIVE DESIGNS OF 'LATE REVIVAL'

L. M. II.1 So too certain details peculiar to the ' Palace Style' of Knossos
described below, were incorporated in the new ornamental schemes.2

Fig. 231. Vase Decoration illustrating ' Late Revival '. a, b. Mycenae (JJ.S.A., xxv,
PI. VIIa, and IXb). c. Exterior Niche of'RoyalTome', Isopata. d. Ialvsos, Rhodes
(Maiuei, p. I2i, F>0- i86). e, lb., p. 29, Fig. 31.

The fantastic spirit that now infuses a new life into the old decorative
elements curiously recalls that by which traditional classical motives were
transformed at the hands of Celtic craftsmen in the days of the Gaulish

invasions.

1 R. Paiibeni, Mm. An/., \\\, PI. III.

- E.g. J3.M. Excavations in Cyprus, Fig. 71, 927 ; Tomb 45 (Salamis).