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EGYPTIAN
DECORATIVE ART
A COURSE OF LECTURES
DELIVERED AT
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION
BY
W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, D.C.L.
EDWARDS PROFESSOR OF EGYPTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
SECOND EDITION
METHUEN & CO., LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
First Published October 1895
Second Edition 1920
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| SOURCES OF DECORATION | |
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| EGYPTIAN TASTE FOR DECORATION | 1 |
| DECORATIVE WRITING OF HIEROGLYPHS | 3 |
| ORIGIN OF PATTERNS | 5 |
| PROBABILITY OF COPYING | 6 |
| GEOMETRICAL ORNAMENT | 9 |
| NATURAL ORNAMENT | 10 |
| STRUCTURAL ORNAMENT | 10 |
| SYMBOLIC ORNAMENT | 11 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| GEOMETRICAL DECORATION | |
| THE LINE AND ZIGZAG | 12 |
| THE SPOT | 15 |
| viTHE WAVE | 16 |
| THE SPIRAL | 17 |