Hall, Edith H.: The decorative art of Crete in the Bronze Age (Philadelphia, Pa., 1906)

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TRANSACTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY, U. OF P.

References to the publications of this material are not invariably given in the
text but are always to be found in the table. *
CLASSIFICATION OF DESIGNS.
To apprehend better the nature and importance of the beginnings of
Cretan ornament, a statement of the various kinds of design found in Cretan
decorative art throughout the course of the bronze age may well be made at
the outset. These designs may be divided into two main classes:
1. IMITATIVE DESIGNS in which there is representation of things seen or
thought. These include:
(a) pttre tfestytts which represent in a realistic way natural
objects or other naturalistic designs not yet degenerated by copy-
ing, e. g., Fig. 1;
(b) comjen&maZ in which the artist accepts con-
ventional methods of representing natural objects, e. g., Fig. 2;
(c) TtaiwaKsifc cfesiyyis in which, because of long
periods of mechanical copying, representations of natural objects
are rendered in a stereotyped fashion, e. g., Fig. 3;
(d) sncrcd winch represent sacred objects.
2. NoN-iMiTATiVE DESIGNS or compositions of lines for the sake of
balance, rhythm, and harmony^ in which the element of representation is
not found. These include:
(a) simple, stoc% like spirals, crescents, dots, etc.

^The titles of periodicals quoted in this paper are abbreviated as follows:
A. J. A. = American Journal of Archaeology.
Arc7i. An3. = Archaologischer Anzeiger, Beiblatt zum Jahrbuch des arehaologischen
Instituts.
Ant. DenA ==Antike Denkmaler.
At&n. Afttt. =Mitteilungen des kaiserlichen deutschen arehaologischen Instituts.
Athenische Abteilung.
_B. C. #. = Bulletin de correspondance hellenique.
R. & A. = Annual of the British School at Athens.
'E(^. 'Apx. = 'E(^yp.epfs 'Ap^atokoytKy.
J. 77. & = Joumal of Hellenic Studies.
J. R. 7. R. A. = Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
H7on. Ant. =Monumenti Antichi.
Rom. Jfftt. =Mitteilungen des kaiserlichen deutschen arehaologischen Instituts.
Romische Abteilung.
Transactions = Transactions of the Department of Archaeology of the University of
Pennsylvania.
* Compare D. W. Ross in Proceedings o/ ttre A?nerican Academy o/ Arts and Sciences,
1901, XXXVI, No. 21, p. 357 ff.